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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who does Mr. Gowrie not want to dig up his son's grave?
(a) Charles
(b) The sheriff
(c) The black prisoners
(d) Gavin
2. Whose body do they find?
(a) Vinson Gowrie's
(b) Jack Montgomerie's
(c) Lucas's
(d) Charles's father's
3. What does Gavin say happens in early May?
(a) Lynching
(b) The folk and country festival
(c) Spring
(d) The cotton planting season
4. Why is Charles so worried about finding the body?
(a) He thinks it will have germs
(b) He is worried about what his mother will say
(c) He thinks the body will come alive
(d) He thinks the murderer is watching them
5. Who is the name of the one armed man?
(a) Mr. Smith
(b) Montgomery
(c) Mr. Gowrie
(d) Charles's father
6. Where do the footprints end?
(a) At a tree
(b) At a ditch
(c) At a house
(d) At a river
7. Who is the youngest of the Gowrie boys?
(a) Crawford
(b) Forrest
(c) Vinson
(d) Bryan
8. Who sits in the car with Sheriff Hampton?
(a) Charles
(b) Gavin
(c) Two black prisoners
(d) Aleck Sander
9. Which one of the Gowrie clan is a draft dodger?
(a) Forrest
(b) Bryan
(c) Vinson
(d) Crawford
10. 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 have his hands chopped off
(d) He could be put on the electric chair
11. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?
(a) The Sheriff
(b) Charles's father
(c) Charles
(d) Uncle Gavin
12. Why did Miss Habersham suggest they leave the horse?
(a) So no one had to ride alone
(b) So they could escape up a tree
(c) So they did not make so much noise
(d) The horse is injured
13. Where does Gavin suggest the bodies could be buried?
(a) In the mountains
(b) In the desert
(c) Under a patio
(d) In the woods
14. Why does Charles think the men have gathered around the jail?
(a) To entertain the prisoners
(b) To demonstrate against Lucas's arrest
(c) To preach
(d) To lynch Lucas
15. What does Charles do after dinner?
(a) Reads his book
(b) Goes to bed
(c) Goes into town
(d) Writes an essay
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Charles refuse to go with Gavin?
2. How many boys in the Gowrie family?
3. Who drives Miss Habersham to the jail?
4. What does Mr. Gowrie do with his son's dead body?
5. Who does Gavin say has to give the black man the right to be free in the south?
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