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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Charles leave in the water?
(a) His wallet
(b) His rifle
(c) His socks
(d) His pants

2. Who does Charles find his uncle speaking to?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) The sheriff
(c) His mother
(d) His father

3. How old was Charles when he first met Lucas?
(a) Ten
(b) Fifteen
(c) Eleven
(d) Twelve

4. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?
(a) His grandfather
(b) His father
(c) Ernest Hemmingway
(d) The president

5. Where does the Lucas's wife sit?
(a) In a rocking chair by the fire
(b) On the rug by the fire
(c) On the table
(d) On a stool next to the stove

6. What does Paralee's father say women concentrate on?
(a) Marriage
(b) Their children
(c) Circumstances
(d) Love

7. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?
(a) To tempt him into hanging himself
(b) To give him a good nights sleep
(c) He will be safer there
(d) Lucas has a white man's mind

8. What is the name of Charles's black servant?
(a) Aleck Sander
(b) Paul Davis
(c) James Baldwin
(d) Ian Wright

9. Why does Charles initially think he no longer owes Lucas a debt?
(a) Lucas does not notice him
(b) Lucas is a black man
(c) Lucas is a criminal
(d) He bought Molly a dress

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

11. Who does Charles meet for the first time when he climbs out of the water?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) Aleck Sander
(c) Lucas Beachamp
(d) His father

12. Why is the sheriff reluctant to do anything?
(a) He does not want to anger the Goweries'
(b) No one cares what happens to Lucas
(c) They do not know who the person on the mule was
(d) It is a waste of public resources

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

14. When does Charles think the Gowries will go after Lucas?
(a) In the morning
(b) On friday night
(c) On the sheriff's break
(d) After midnight

15. What does Charles do when they hear the mule?
(a) Greets the mule and its rider cordially
(b) Drives off the road
(c) Shoots at the mule blindly
(d) Asks who it is

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the man Lucas has been accused of killing?

2. How do the character know the grave has been disturbed?

3. What make of gun does Lucas own?

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

5. How did Lucas once react to an insult from a white man?

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