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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

2. Why is Charles so worried about finding the body?
(a) He thinks the murderer is watching them
(b) He thinks the body will come alive
(c) He is worried about what his mother will say
(d) He thinks it will have germs

3. Who does Gavin say is there to keep the crowd under control?
(a) A judge
(b) Soldiers
(c) The sheriff
(d) A marshall

4. What people does Charles notice are not on the streets?
(a) White people
(b) Women
(c) Black people
(d) Children

5. What was the name of Vinson's uncle?
(a) Sudley Workitt
(b) Frank Spencer
(c) Jackie Franklin
(d) Davis Gowrie

6. What are the two women doing outside the jail?
(a) Dancing
(b) Cleaning
(c) Cooking
(d) Sewing

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

8. Who is the oldest of the Gowrie clan?
(a) Vinson
(b) Bryan
(c) Crawford
(d) Forrest

9. Who was wrong about the men not lynching during the day time?
(a) Charles's father
(b) Miss Habersham
(c) Sheriff Hampton
(d) Uncle Gavin

10. What does Gavin say happens in early May?
(a) The folk and country festival
(b) Spring
(c) The cotton planting season
(d) Lynching

11. What do the twins find in the pine coffin?
(a) Nothing
(b) A sack of potatoes
(c) Montgomerie
(d) Vinson

12. What happens at the sales barn on a Monday?
(a) Farm animal market
(b) Karoke
(c) A folk festival
(d) Stock auctions

13. What kind of dogs are with the three men that appear from behind the church?
(a) Mongrels
(b) Pitbull terries
(c) Hound dogs
(d) Retreivers

14. Who ends up riding the horse home?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) Charles
(c) Gavin
(d) Aleck

15. How many boys in the Gowrie family?
(a) Eight
(b) Six
(c) Ten
(d) Twelve

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Uncle Gavin say the crowd did when Charles suggests that they ran?

2. Why does Charles think his father is so angry?

3. Where did Vinson arrange to meet Lucas?

4. Why does Charles refuse to go with Gavin?

5. Where does Gavin suggest the bodies could be buried?

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