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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 the family of the victim should be alllowed to hang the black man responsible
(d) That life is for living

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

3. What is the name of the novel's narrator?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) Carothers Edmunds
(c) Lucas Beachamp
(d) Charles Mallison

4. What does Charles ask if he can take to Lucas?
(a) A pork pie
(b) A coca-cola
(c) Tobacco
(d) A guitar

5. What does Charles do during breakfast?
(a) Prays
(b) Vomits
(c) Cries
(d) Falls asleep

6. Where does Gavin take Charles?
(a) To the saloon
(b) To school
(c) To the cemetery
(d) To the sheriff's house

7. What does Charles buy Molly Beauchamp?
(a) A diamond ring
(b) A flowered imitation silk dress
(c) A gold bracelet
(d) An Alice band

8. What does Aleck hear coming toward them?
(a) A mule
(b) A wheel barrel
(c) A car
(d) A dog

9. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?
(a) Because he knows he will die anyway
(b) Because he no longer wants to hire him
(c) Because he is too tired to contradict him
(d) Because he knows Gavin thinks he is guilty

10. What does Lucas send to Charles in return for Charles sending his wife a dress?
(a) Homemade sorghum molasses
(b) A train set
(c) Homemade corndogs
(d) A revolver

11. What county is Montgomery from?
(a) Jefferson county
(b) Tate county
(c) Neshoba county
(d) Crossman county

12. What does Charles realize when Lucas notices him?
(a) He still owes him a debt
(b) He is innocent
(c) He is guilty
(d) He has a good memory

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

14. What does Charles ask Aleck Sander to do?
(a) Talk to Gavin
(b) Get the car keys from his father
(c) Find some spades
(d) Saddle up his horse

15. What is the name of the man Lucas has been accused of killing?
(a) Vinson Gowrie
(b) James Buff
(c) Jock Stevens
(d) Gavin Stevens

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucas demand Charles does?

2. What kind of animal does Mr. Edmunds invite Charles to hunt?

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

4. What do the black prisoners normally do?

5. How old was Charles when he first met Lucas?

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