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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?
(a) Lucas has a white man's mind
(b) To give him a good nights sleep
(c) To tempt him into hanging himself
(d) He will be safer there

2. Who does Charles go home to speak to?
(a) Aleck
(b) His father
(c) His mother
(d) Uncle Gavin

3. What does Charles notice about the roads?
(a) They are empty of black people
(b) They have been resurfaced
(c) They are hilly
(d) There is a long trail trail of blood

4. What is the name of the novel's narrator?
(a) Carothers Edmunds
(b) Lucas Beachamp
(c) Gavin Stevens
(d) Charles Mallison

5. Why do they find the grave so quickly?
(a) It is full of fresh flowers
(b) It is the only one with a headstone
(c) It was the first one dug that winter
(d) It is biggest in the graveyard

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles consider doing so he does not have to see Lucas lynched?

2. What does Lucas demand Charles does?

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

4. What does the constable chain Lucas to?

5. What does Lucas want Charles to do?

(see the answer key)

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