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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Gavin say happens in early May?
(a) Lynching
(b) Spring
(c) The cotton planting season
(d) The folk and country festival

2. What moment of the story does Charles think back to?
(a) A conversation with Aleck
(b) His breakfast that morning
(c) His first meeting with Lucas
(d) The trip to the cemetery

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

4. What are the two women doing outside the jail?
(a) Sewing
(b) Dancing
(c) Cleaning
(d) Cooking

5. Who stops Lucas from from getting lynched?
(a) Miss Laney
(b) The bar owner
(c) The blacksmith
(d) The shopkeepers son

Short Answer Questions

1. Who rides the horse from the truck to the cemetery?

2. What make of gun does Lucas own?

3. Who does the sheriff phone to organize an exhumation order?

4. Where does Uncle Gavin tell Lucas he shot the man?

5. Who does Gavin pick up from town?

(see the answer key)

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