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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the black prisoners afraid to make a noise?
(a) They will not get fed
(b) The sheriff is asleep
(c) They may by mistaken for Lucas
(d) Too much noise will set off a time bomb

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

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

4. How do the character know the grave has been disturbed?
(a) There are footprints
(b) The coffin is lying empty next to the grave
(c) There are fresh cigarette butts on the ground
(d) The flowers have been disturbed

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Charles find his uncle speaking to?

2. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?

3. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?

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

5. What does Charles ask Aleck Sander to do?

(see the answer key)

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