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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the black prisoners afraid to make a noise?
(a) The sheriff is asleep
(b) They will not get fed
(c) Too much noise will set off a time bomb
(d) They may by mistaken for Lucas

2. What moment of the story does Charles think back to?
(a) His first meeting with Lucas
(b) A conversation with Aleck
(c) His breakfast that morning
(d) The trip to the cemetery

3. What is the name of the man Lucas has been accused of killing?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) James Buff
(c) Vinson Gowrie
(d) Jock Stevens

4. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?
(a) Charles
(b) Uncle Gavin
(c) Charles's father
(d) The Sheriff

5. What does Miss Habersham need while she is standing guard at the jail?
(a) Her sewing
(b) Her shawl
(c) Her baby
(d) Her book

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles ask if he can take to Lucas?

2. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?

3. Who drives Miss Habersham to the jail?

4. What would of the towns people have thought the lynching of Lucas would of been before Mr. Gowries showed them Montgomeries body?

5. What does Gavin say lynching Lucas would now amount to?

(see the answer key)

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