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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. Why does Charles think that Lucas was not lynched immediately?
(a) Because the family were grieving
(b) Because Mr. Gowrie is a patient man
(c) Because they were not sure if he was the murderer
(d) Because they could not find any rope

2. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?
(a) Charles
(b) Charles's father
(c) The Sheriff
(d) Uncle Gavin

3. What does Charles make his friends while they wait?
(a) Lemonade
(b) A pot of coffee
(c) Popcorn
(d) Sandwiches

4. Who drives Miss Habersham to the jail?
(a) Uncle Gavin
(b) Sheriff Hampton
(c) Charles
(d) Aleck

5. What still might happen to Lucas if he is found guilty?
(a) He could be sentenced for life
(b) He could be put on the electric chair
(c) He could hang
(d) He could have his hands chopped off

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Crawford sell his lumber to?

2. Who does Mr. Gowrie not want to dig up his son's grave?

3. What do the crowd do when they see Vinson's dead body?

4. What moment of the story does Charles think back to?

5. What are the two women doing outside the jail?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Aleck Sander show his bravery during the trip back from the cemetery?

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

3. In chapter six, in what way does Charles' mother show that she is accepting the fact her son is growing up?

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

5. In chapter six how does Uncle Gavin calm Charles down enough to take him to the cemetery?

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

7. Why do you think Charles is so enraged by the behavior of the crowd?

8. Why is Charles' father so angry?

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

10. Who does the sheriff think the man is who passed Charles on the road to the cemetery?

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