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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How would Charles leave town?
(a) Walk
(b) Catch a train
(c) Take his father's car
(d) Ride away on his pony
2. Where did Lucas have his gun when they found him standing over the dead man?
(a) In his hand
(b) In his pocket
(c) On the floor by his feet
(d) In the waistband of his pants
3. What is Will Legate armed with?
(a) A double barrel shotgun
(b) A single shot shot gun
(c) A sword
(d) A revolver
4. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?
(a) The president
(b) Ernest Hemmingway
(c) His grandfather
(d) His father
5. When does Gavin think they must wait until to dig up the body?
(a) Midnight
(b) Midday
(c) Daylight
(d) Dawn
Short Answer Questions
1. What county is Montgomery from?
2. Where does Gavin take Charles?
3. Who was Miss Habersham raised with?
4. What does Paralee's father say men concentrate too much on?
5. Who stops Lucas from from getting lynched?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the ride to the cemetery.
2. What is significant about the man on the mule in chapter four?
3. Why do you think Lucas does not discourage Gavin from giving him a version of his own story?
4. What is Charles' attitude towards his black servant Aleck Sander?
5. Why do the town think Lucas is guilty of the murder?
6. Why does Charles have trouble sleeping?
7. What is the unwritten code of the south when a black man commits a crime against a white man?
8. Why is Sheriff Hampton so reluctant to react to Charles story about the mule?
9. Why are the black prisoners so quiet the night Lucas is taken into the prison?
10. Why do you think Charles does not argue with Lucas when he pulls him from the water, even though he wants to?
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