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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is discovered when digging up the hidden treasure?
(a) Only one gold coin remains.
(b) Only one gold bar remains.
(c) It is silver, not gold, that has been buried.
(d) The money is Confederate bills; worthless today.

2. According to Earley in Part 3, Chapter 32, what is the importance of the trunk?
(a) To safely hide the family's fortune.
(b) To carry back Creole tea.
(c) The content will explain why his sister gave birth out of town.
(d) To hold the hotel soaps.

3. Where is Mingo to meet Gates and Raleigh after their late night boat trip?
(a) Myrtle Beach.
(b) Kune Beach.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Charlotte.

4. What does Toutant Kingstree do with his livestock?
(a) Sells them to be pets.
(b) Makes gumbo to sell.
(c) Keeps them as pets.
(d) Sells the meat for money.

5. Upon entering a private drive to an estate, who are Raleigh, Gates, and Mingo mistaken to be?
(a) Caterers.
(b) The gardeners.
(c) Roofers.
(d) A band.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is tied up at the end of Part 2, Chapter 26?

2. Where does Earley take the friends when they arrive in Part 3, Chapter 31?

3. What does Raleigh decide to do with the treasure?

4. In the end, what is Raleigh's biggest change?

5. How does Earley advise his unwed, pregnant sister to explain her reason for leaving town?

Short Essay Questions

1. What one certainty does Raleigh understand about religion and what personal experience helped build that belief?

2. Discuss the jazz combo that is formed in Part 3, Chapter 33.

3. How does Billie's life change after the gathering in New Orleans?

4. Why is Gates' excuse for the estate owners whose private driveway he enters important to the men's adventure?

5. What is ironic when Raleigh abandons his golf cart at the mountain?

6. What does Raleigh learn that Jubal is doing and what is Jubal's response to Raleigh's request?

7. Where are the characters of this story and what happens when the lights go out in Charlotte?

8. What does Mr. Calhoun insist upon even after receiving payment from Gates? Discuss the details, including why it is important to him.

9. What is the convenience associated with Raleigh's hunt for treasure? Why might his father have planned it this way?

10. How does Gates intervene in the dance troupe's situation?

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