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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the constable chain Lucas to?
(a) The murder victim
(b) A railing
(c) A car handle
(d) A bed post

3. Who does Lucas order to pick the money up from the floor?
(a) Molly
(b) Charles
(c) The two black boys
(d) Mr Edmonds

4. What does Charles consider doing so he does not have to see Lucas lynched?
(a) Killing Lucas
(b) Locking himself in his room
(c) Killing himself
(d) Leaving town

5. Where does the Lucas's wife sit?
(a) On the rug by the fire
(b) On the table
(c) In a rocking chair by the fire
(d) On a stool next to the stove

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Lucas has been accused of killing?

2. Who stops Lucas from from getting lynched?

3. What does Uncle Gavin say is the unwritten code of the south?

4. What does Charles do with the money when Lucas refuses it?

5. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?

(see the answer key)

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