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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why can Charles not take the car?
(a) He cannot drive
(b) It has no wheels
(c) It has no engine
(d) His father has the keys

3. What kind of animal does Mr. Edmunds invite Charles to hunt?
(a) Rabbits
(b) Badgers
(c) Deer
(d) Foxes

4. How do the character know the grave has been disturbed?
(a) The flowers have been disturbed
(b) There are fresh cigarette butts on the ground
(c) There are footprints
(d) The coffin is lying empty next to the grave

5. When does Will Legate join the group at the sheriff's house?
(a) Midday
(b) 8 a.m.
(c) Dawn
(d) 10 a.m.

6. What does Charles notice about the roads?
(a) They are empty of black people
(b) They have been resurfaced
(c) There is a long trail trail of blood
(d) They are hilly

7. What does Uncle Gavin and the Sheriff want the boys to do?
(a) Keep an eye on the cemetary
(b) Go to school
(c) Keep an eye on Lucas
(d) Go home

8. What does Lucas want Charles to do?
(a) Kill him
(b) Shoot the sheriff
(c) Dig up Gowrie's body
(d) Help him escape

9. Where does Charles end up throwing the coins?
(a) In the creek
(b) Into the sea
(c) At Lucas
(d) Down a well

10. Where does Uncle Gavin tell Lucas he shot the man?
(a) Between the eyes
(b) In the back
(c) In the groin
(d) In the kidney

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

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

13. Why are the black prisoners afraid to make a noise?
(a) The sheriff is asleep
(b) They will not get fed
(c) Too much noise will set off a time bomb
(d) They may by mistaken for Lucas

14. Who is the sheriff bringing to jail?
(a) Gavin Stevens
(b) Charles Mallison
(c) Carothers Edmunds
(d) Lucas Beachamp

15. When does Gavin think they must wait until to dig up the body?
(a) Midday
(b) Dawn
(c) Midnight
(d) Daylight

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Aleck Sander eat his breakfast?

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

3. What make of gun does Lucas own?

4. How much money does Charles try to give Lucas?

5. Who does Charles find his uncle speaking to?

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