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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How far did Charlie go before he was hit?

2. The narrater of this chapter is on which side of the shoot-out?

3. What was Leroy's reaction?

4. What would bring the court to laughing?

5. How old is Charlie?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mapes mean when he told Luke Will that Charlie was now in charge?

2. Describe the final moments of the shoot-out.

3. What was the "nigger room" a symbol of?

4. Why is it important that this chapter is narrated by a child?

5. What does Charlie do when the shoot-out begins?

6. Why did Mapes call Charlie "Mr. Biggs?"

7. How were the old men getting a bathroom break?

8. Who came in from the kitchen and what was he doing there?

9. How does Charlie prove he is a man?

10. When the shoot-out began, how did the old black men get organized and decide what to do?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did a different person narrating each chapter change the story? What would have been different if Lou Dimes had narrated all the chapters? Or Chimley. Or Candy. Or Clatoo?

Essay Topic 2

How did each person telling their story make an impact on the story as a whole?

Essay Topic 3

How will this town be different in the future? Will the events of this day make an impact and really change things, or will everything go back to the way it always was?

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