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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 Mr. Gowrie do with his son's dead body?
(a) Burns it
(b) Takes it home
(c) Buries it in the forest
(d) Throws it in to a lake

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

3. Who does the sheriff say sold the gun to Crawford Gowrie?
(a) Jake Montgomery
(b) Lucas
(c) Buddy McCallum
(d) Mr. Gowrie

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Charles think the Gowries will go after Lucas?

2. What kind of wood is the coffin made from?

3. When does Gavin think they must wait until to dig up the body?

4. What day do they bury the murdered man?

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

(see the answer key)

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