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

2. Where does Uncle Gavin think Vinson's body has been buried?
(a) In New Mexico
(b) In another state
(c) In quick sand
(d) In a lake

3. What is different about one of the men who appears from behind the church?
(a) He has yellow skin
(b) He has no mouth
(c) He has one arm
(d) He is blind

4. Who does Charles think about on his way home?
(a) Miss Habersham
(b) His mother
(c) Uncle Gavin
(d) Lucas

5. Who did Crawford sell his lumber to?
(a) Charles' father
(b) Sudley Workitt
(c) David Bean
(d) Jake Montgomerie

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the sheriff and Uncle Gavin do while Charles slept?

2. What does Charles see a black man doing in a field?

3. Who digs up the grave?

4. What would of the towns people have thought the lynching of Lucas would of been before Mr. Gowries showed them Montgomeries body?

5. Where does Gavin say the black man is from?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the Sheriff think that Lucas could not of killed Vinson?

2. Why do the people surrounding the jail quickly disperse when they arrive with the dead body?

3. Describe Crawford and Vinson's lumber business.

4. What is different between the blacks in the north and the black in the south?

5. How is the sheriff proven wrong in chapter six?

6. Why does Gavin think Vinson Gowrie is buried in quicksand?

7. In what way does Faulkner portray Miss Habersham as a strong woman?

8. Why does Charles hold such respect for Miss Habersham?

9. Why do you think Mr. Gowrie asks his sons to dig up Vince's grave?

10. How do Gavin and the Sheriff plan to catch Crawford?

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