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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who digs up the grave?
(a) The sherrif
(b) Mr. Gowrie's sons
(c) Mr Gowrie
(d) The black prisoners

2. Why do they think that no one will lynch Lucas with Miss Habersham keeping guard?
(a) Because she knows all their mothers
(b) Because she is a woman
(c) Because she is the best shot in the state
(d) Because she is enaged to the senator

3. When does Will Legate join the group at the sheriff's house?
(a) Midday
(b) 10 a.m.
(c) 8 a.m.
(d) Dawn

4. Why must they hide the truck when they reach the cemetery?
(a) The truck is stolen
(b) In case the Gowries are near by
(c) The sheriff is guarding the grave
(d) It is an expensive truck

5. What does Charles do when they hear the mule?
(a) Asks who it is
(b) Shoots at the mule blindly
(c) Greets the mule and its rider cordially
(d) Drives off the road

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of job did Montgomery have?

2. When is Charles afraid the the town folk will lynch Lucas?

3. What does Charles see a black man doing in a field?

4. How would Charles leave town?

5. How many boys in the Gowrie family?

(see the answer key)

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