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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of gun does the sheriff think killed Lucas?
(a) A German Luger
(b) Colt. 41
(c) A Winchester
(d) A Walther PP

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

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

4. What does Gavin tell Charles never to stop doing?
(a) Going to school
(b) Loving his family
(c) Learning about life
(d) Fighting for his beliefs

5. Who killed Vinson?
(a) Crawford
(b) Montgomerie
(c) Gavin
(d) Mr. Gowrie

6. Why does the sheriff think that Lucas did not kill Vinson?
(a) The killer was shooting from further away
(b) The wound could not of been created by Lucas's gun
(c) Vinson shot himself
(d) Lucas would never shoot a man in the back

7. What is the first thing Charles does when he arrives home?
(a) He goes to the haybarn
(b) He makes a cup of coffee
(c) He runs up to his room
(d) He goes to the bathroom

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

9. Where do the footprints end?
(a) At a ditch
(b) At a house
(c) At a tree
(d) At a river

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

11. Why does Charles think his father is so angry?
(a) He has stomach cramps
(b) He has no control over the situation
(c) He is mean, bitter and racist
(d) He is tired

12. Why does Charles think the men have gathered around the jail?
(a) To demonstrate against Lucas's arrest
(b) To preach
(c) To lynch Lucas
(d) To entertain the prisoners

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

14. Where does Charles ride to with Gavin?
(a) Back to his house
(b) To the undertakers
(c) To the jail
(d) To school

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Gavin say has to give the black man the right to be free in the south?

2. Why is Charles so worried about finding the body?

3. What happens at the sales barn on a Monday?

4. Who is the name of the one armed man?

5. Who digs the grave?

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