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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?
(a) Because he knows Gavin thinks he is guilty
(b) Because he is too tired to contradict him
(c) Because he knows he will die anyway
(d) Because he no longer wants to hire him

4. Where does Charles ride to with Gavin?
(a) Back to his house
(b) To the undertakers
(c) To school
(d) To the jail

5. Where does Charles buy the tobacco?
(a) The pharmacy
(b) The super market
(c) The saloon
(d) The tobbaconist

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who ends up riding the horse home?

3. What is the first thing Charles does when he arrives home?

4. Why does Charles refuse to go with Gavin?

5. Who sits in the car with Sheriff Hampton?

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