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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does the constable chain Lucas to?
(a) The murder victim
(b) A car handle
(c) A railing
(d) A bed post
2. What does Uncle Gavin say is the unwritten code of the south?
(a) That the family of the victim should be alllowed to hang the black man responsible
(b) That white people are superior
(c) That life is for living
(d) That everyone should go to church
3. Why is the sheriff reluctant to do anything?
(a) They do not know who the person on the mule was
(b) It is a waste of public resources
(c) No one cares what happens to Lucas
(d) He does not want to anger the Goweries'
4. What does Charles do with the money when Lucas refuses it?
(a) Gives it to Aleck
(b) Pockets it
(c) Throws it on the floor
(d) Swallows it
5. Where does the Lucas's wife sit?
(a) On the table
(b) In a rocking chair by the fire
(c) On a stool next to the stove
(d) On the rug by the fire
6. What kind of wood is the coffin made from?
(a) Pine
(b) Cedar
(c) Oak
(d) Ash
7. What kind of hat does Lucas wear?
(a) A Davy Crotchett hat
(b) A cowboy hat
(c) A beaver hat
(d) A top hat
8. When is Charles afraid the the town folk will lynch Lucas?
(a) When he is released on bail
(b) When he is at his court hearing
(c) When the sheriff transfers him to his jail
(d) While he is chained to a bed post
9. What does Charles ask Aleck Sander to do?
(a) Saddle up his horse
(b) Talk to Gavin
(c) Get the car keys from his father
(d) Find some spades
10. What does Uncle Gavin say a black man is expected to do in the south?
(a) Give himself up for lynching
(b) Lose his temper and kill a white man
(c) Serve the white man
(d) Smile and play music
11. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?
(a) Because he knows Gavin thinks he is guilty
(b) Because he is too tired to contradict him
(c) Because he no longer wants to hire him
(d) Because he knows he will die anyway
12. Who drives Miss Habersham to the cemetery?
(a) Charles
(b) The sheriff
(c) Gavin
(d) Aleck
13. What kind of look does Charles think Lucas has in his eyes?
(a) Tired and experienced
(b) Sinful and cold
(c) Wise and humorous
(d) Intolerable and inflexible
14. Why does Charles think Lucas does not talk to him the second time they meet in town?
(a) He is ignorant
(b) He no longer owes him
(c) His wife has just died
(d) He does not like him
15. How would Charles leave town?
(a) Take his father's car
(b) Walk
(c) Catch a train
(d) Ride away on his pony
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the sheriff phone to organize an exhumation order?
2. Who was Miss Habersham raised with?
3. What is Will Legate armed with?
4. What does Lucas get arrested for?
5. What does Charles ask if he can take to Lucas?
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