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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. What does Paralee's father say women concentrate on?
(a) Marriage
(b) Their children
(c) Love
(d) Circumstances

2. How did Lucas once react to an insult from a white man?
(a) He cried
(b) He shot him
(c) He insulted him back
(d) He hit him

3. Where does Charles eat his breakfast?
(a) In the dining room
(b) In the garden
(c) In the kitchen
(d) In the lounge

4. What is the sheriff doing when they arrive at his house?
(a) Arguing with his wife
(b) Watching television
(c) Eating breakfast
(d) Arranging a lynching

5. What does Charles leave in the water?
(a) His pants
(b) His wallet
(c) His rifle
(d) His socks

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Gavin take Charles?

2. Why are the black prisoners afraid to make a noise?

3. Where does Charles end up throwing the coins?

4. Who does Lucas tell Charles he needs to speak to?

5. Who does Charles wake up when he gets home?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the town think Lucas is guilty of the murder?

2. What is the unwritten code of the south when a black man commits a crime against a white man?

3. Why do you think Charles does not argue with Lucas when he pulls him from the water, even though he wants to?

4. Why does Charles have trouble sleeping?

5. Why do you think Lucas does not discourage Gavin from giving him a version of his own story?

6. Do you think it was unusual for a black man to invite a white boy back to his cabin?

7. In what way does chapter five express the segregation between black and white people?

8. Describe Lucas's appearance.

9. What is Uncle Gavin opinion on Lucas' request to dig up the dead body?

10. In what way does Charles think Lucas is different?

(see the answer keys)

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