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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the sheriff bringing to jail?
(a) Charles Mallison
(b) Gavin Stevens
(c) Carothers Edmunds
(d) Lucas Beachamp
2. What does Lucas lay on the bare cots?
(a) Newspaper
(b) His jacket
(c) Books
(d) Tarpaulin
3. What do the black prisoners normally do?
(a) Sing the blues
(b) Spit at passers by
(c) Hit the bars with their metal plates
(d) Stand at the window and call out
4. Who do they find inside the coffin?
(a) Vinson Gowrie
(b) Montgomery
(c) The sheriff
(d) Lucas
5. What does Charles realize when Lucas notices him?
(a) He is guilty
(b) He still owes him a debt
(c) He has a good memory
(d) He is innocent
6. Who drives Miss Habersham to the cemetery?
(a) Gavin
(b) Aleck
(c) The sheriff
(d) Charles
7. What day do they bury the murdered man?
(a) Monday
(b) Saturday
(c) Sunday
(d) Tuesday
8. Why must they hide the truck when they reach the cemetery?
(a) It is an expensive truck
(b) The sheriff is guarding the grave
(c) The truck is stolen
(d) In case the Gowries are near by
9. What does the constable chain Lucas to?
(a) A bed post
(b) A railing
(c) A car handle
(d) The murder victim
10. What kind of wood is the coffin made from?
(a) Cedar
(b) Ash
(c) Pine
(d) Oak
11. What does Uncle Gavin say is the unwritten code of the south?
(a) That everyone should go to church
(b) That white people are superior
(c) That life is for living
(d) That the family of the victim should be alllowed to hang the black man responsible
12. Who does the sheriff phone to organize an exhumation order?
(a) The president
(b) The local judge
(c) The senator
(d) The district attourney
13. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?
(a) Lucas has a white man's mind
(b) He will be safer there
(c) To give him a good nights sleep
(d) To tempt him into hanging himself
14. What is the sheriff doing when they arrive at his house?
(a) Arranging a lynching
(b) Arguing with his wife
(c) Eating breakfast
(d) Watching television
15. Who does Charles meet for the first time when he climbs out of the water?
(a) Lucas Beachamp
(b) Gavin Stevens
(c) His father
(d) Aleck Sander
Short Answer Questions
1. What is the Sheriff's surname?
2. Why are the black prisoners afraid to make a noise?
3. What does Lucas send to Charles in return for Charles sending his wife a dress?
4. What make of gun does Lucas own?
5. How are they going to transport the body back to the truck?
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