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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Charles find his uncle speaking to?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) His father
(c) His mother
(d) The sheriff

2. What does Charles leave in the water?
(a) His socks
(b) His rifle
(c) His wallet
(d) His pants

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Lucas once react to an insult from a white man?

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

3. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?

4. When does Charles think the Gowries will go after Lucas?

5. Who do they find inside the coffin?

(see the answer key)

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