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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What still might happen to Lucas if he is found guilty?
(a) He could be sentenced for life
(b) He could hang
(c) He could be put on the electric chair
(d) He could have his hands chopped off

2. What does Uncle Gavin say the crowd did when Charles suggests that they ran?
(a) They went for a drink
(b) They gave up
(c) They forgot
(d) They walked away

3. Why did the Gowries not lynch Lucas?
(a) They would of been arrested
(b) They knew he was not responsible for the killing
(c) They would of attracted attention to themselves
(d) It would of been unholy

4. Who follow the footprints on horseback?
(a) Uncle Gavin
(b) The Gowrie twins
(c) Aleck Sander
(d) Charles

5. Who is the youngest of the Gowrie boys?
(a) Bryan
(b) Forrest
(c) Crawford
(d) Vinson

6. Who does Gavin pick up from town?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) Charles's mother
(c) Lucas
(d) Crawford Gowrie

7. What does Mr. Gowrie do with his son's dead body?
(a) Burns it
(b) Throws it in to a lake
(c) Takes it home
(d) Buries it in the forest

8. Why does Charles think that Lucas was not lynched immediately?
(a) Because Mr. Gowrie is a patient man
(b) Because the family were grieving
(c) Because they were not sure if he was the murderer
(d) Because they could not find any rope

9. What did the sheriff and Uncle Gavin do while Charles slept?
(a) Hatched a plan to save Lucas
(b) Arrested the would be lynchers
(c) Made dinner
(d) Set Lucas free

10. Who drives Miss Habersham to the jail?
(a) Sheriff Hampton
(b) Charles
(c) Uncle Gavin
(d) Aleck

11. What does Mr. Gowrie pull out from his undershirt?
(a) A gun
(b) His other arm
(c) A crucifix
(d) A knife

12. What does Lucas want while he sits in the car?
(a) A woman
(b) His pistol
(c) A knife
(d) A magazine

13. Who is waiting in Gavin's office?
(a) Charles
(b) Mr. Gowrie
(c) Crawford Gowrie
(d) Miss Habersham

14. Why did Miss Habersham suggest they leave the horse?
(a) So no one had to ride alone
(b) The horse is injured
(c) So they did not make so much noise
(d) So they could escape up a tree

15. What does Charles do after dinner?
(a) Goes to bed
(b) Goes into town
(c) Reads his book
(d) Writes an essay

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Gavin say lynching Lucas would now amount to?

2. Why does Charles think the men have gathered around the jail?

3. Who did Crawford sell his lumber to?

4. Where did Vinson arrange to meet Lucas?

5. How many faces does Charles dream that the crowd has?

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