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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What day do they bury the murdered man?
(a) Monday
(b) Tuesday
(c) Saturday
(d) Sunday

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

4. Who rides the horse from the truck to the cemetery?
(a) Aleck
(b) Gavin
(c) Charles
(d) Miss Habersham

5. What does Lucas lay on the bare cots?
(a) Books
(b) Newspaper
(c) His jacket
(d) Tarpaulin

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the sheriff think the towns people will not lynch during the day?

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

3. Where does Lucas take Charles?

4. Who does the Sheriff and Uncle Gavin want to sit out in front of the jail?

5. Why does Charles think Lucas does not talk to him the second time they meet in town?

(see the answer key)

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