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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the black prisoners normally do?
(a) Stand at the window and call out
(b) Hit the bars with their metal plates
(c) Spit at passers by
(d) Sing the blues

2. Why did the Gowries not lynch Lucas?
(a) They would of been arrested
(b) They knew he was not responsible for the killing
(c) It would of been unholy
(d) They would of attracted attention to themselves

3. What does Lucas want Charles to do?
(a) Shoot the sheriff
(b) Dig up Gowrie's body
(c) Help him escape
(d) Kill him

4. What does Uncle Gavin say a black man is expected to do in the south?
(a) Give himself up for lynching
(b) Lose his temper and kill a white man
(c) Serve the white man
(d) Smile and play music

5. Who ends up riding the horse home?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) Gavin
(c) Aleck
(d) Charles

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?

2. What people does Charles notice are not on the streets?

3. Who does Gavin say is there to keep the crowd under control?

4. What does Miss Habersham need while she is standing guard at the jail?

5. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?

(see the answer key)

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