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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Aleck Sander eat his breakfast?
(a) The garden
(b) The kitchen
(c) The dining room
(d) The dog house

2. Who drives Miss Habersham to the cemetery?
(a) Gavin
(b) Aleck
(c) The sheriff
(d) Charles

3. What is the name of Lucas's wife?
(a) Jane
(b) Andrea
(c) Molly
(d) Baby Suggs

4. What kind of job did Montgomery have?
(a) Gambler
(b) Undertaker
(c) Timber buyer
(d) Barman

5. Who is the sheriff bringing to jail?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) Charles Mallison
(c) Lucas Beachamp
(d) Carothers Edmunds

6. Who has the sheriff hired to look after Lucas?
(a) Frank Davis
(b) James Buff
(c) Gavin Stevens
(d) Will Legate

7. What kind of animal does Mr. Edmunds invite Charles to hunt?
(a) Deer
(b) Rabbits
(c) Foxes
(d) Badgers

8. Who was Miss Habersham raised with?
(a) Molly Beauchamp
(b) Luca Beachamp
(c) Gavin Stevens
(d) Charles

9. How much money does Charles try to give Lucas?
(a) 1 dollar
(b) A dime
(c) A quarter
(d) 70 cents

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

11. Why must they hide the truck when they reach the cemetery?
(a) The sheriff is guarding the grave
(b) The truck is stolen
(c) In case the Gowries are near by
(d) It is an expensive truck

12. What does the rider have on the horse with him?
(a) A dead animal
(b) A dead man
(c) A rifle
(d) They could not see

13. What does Lucas demand Charles does?
(a) Cook him dinner
(b) Tell a joke
(c) Warm himself by the fire
(d) Talk to his wife

14. Who does the Sheriff and Uncle Gavin want to sit out in front of the jail?
(a) Will Legate
(b) Charles
(c) Miss Habersham
(d) Aleck

15. Where does Uncle Gavin tell Lucas he shot the man?
(a) In the groin
(b) Between the eyes
(c) In the kidney
(d) In the back

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do they find inside the coffin?

2. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?

3. What does Charles do with the money when Lucas refuses it?

4. What does Lucas lay on the bare cots?

5. What does Charles do when they hear the mule?

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