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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Aleck offer Charles to help him out of the water?
(a) A dingy
(b) A plank
(c) A pole
(d) A boat
2. Who does the Sheriff and Uncle Gavin want to sit out in front of the jail?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) Charles
(c) Will Legate
(d) Aleck
3. What does Paralee's father say women concentrate on?
(a) Circumstances
(b) Love
(c) Their children
(d) Marriage
4. What does Charles do during breakfast?
(a) Prays
(b) Falls asleep
(c) Vomits
(d) Cries
5. What does Aleck hear coming toward them?
(a) A dog
(b) A wheel barrel
(c) A mule
(d) A car
6. Why must they hide the truck when they reach the cemetery?
(a) The truck is stolen
(b) The sheriff is guarding the grave
(c) In case the Gowries are near by
(d) It is an expensive truck
7. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway
(b) His grandfather
(c) The president
(d) His father
8. What is the Sheriff's surname?
(a) Jackson
(b) Smith
(c) Benjimin
(d) Hampton
9. When is Charles afraid the the town folk will lynch Lucas?
(a) When he is at his court hearing
(b) When he is released on bail
(c) When the sheriff transfers him to his jail
(d) While he is chained to a bed post
10. What is the sheriff doing when they arrive at his house?
(a) Watching television
(b) Arranging a lynching
(c) Arguing with his wife
(d) Eating breakfast
11. Who is the sheriff bringing to jail?
(a) Lucas Beachamp
(b) Charles Mallison
(c) Gavin Stevens
(d) Carothers Edmunds
12. How much money does Charles try to give Lucas?
(a) A quarter
(b) A dime
(c) 70 cents
(d) 1 dollar
13. What does the constable chain Lucas to?
(a) A car handle
(b) The murder victim
(c) A bed post
(d) A railing
14. What does Lucas want Charles to do?
(a) Dig up Gowrie's body
(b) Shoot the sheriff
(c) Kill him
(d) Help him escape
15. Where does Charles end up throwing the coins?
(a) Down a well
(b) Into the sea
(c) In the creek
(d) At Lucas
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does Charles find his uncle speaking to?
2. Who has the sheriff hired to look after Lucas?
3. What does Uncle Gavin and the Sheriff want the boys to do?
4. Where does the Lucas's wife sit?
5. On what day does Charles meet Lucas for the second time?
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