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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles say Will is reading?
(a) Das Capital
(b) The funny papers
(c) A newsletter
(d) Dashiel Hammet

2. Who plans to join Miss Habersham at the local jail?
(a) Charles's mother
(b) Charles's father
(c) Aleck
(d) Gavin

3. Who does Mr. Gowrie not want to dig up his son's grave?
(a) Charles
(b) Gavin
(c) The sheriff
(d) The black prisoners

4. What kind of wood is the coffin made from?
(a) Oak
(b) Cedar
(c) Pine
(d) Ash

5. What people does Charles notice are not on the streets?
(a) Children
(b) Black people
(c) Women
(d) White people

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do they find inside the coffin?

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

3. Who does Lucas tell Charles he needs to speak to?

4. Who does Charles meet for the first time when he climbs out of the water?

5. Who does Charles wake up when he gets home?

(see the answer key)

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