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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 was the name of Vinson's uncle?
(a) Frank Spencer
(b) Jackie Franklin
(c) Davis Gowrie
(d) Sudley Workitt

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

3. What does Gavin tell Charles never to stop doing?
(a) Going to school
(b) Fighting for his beliefs
(c) Loving his family
(d) Learning about life

4. Why does the sheriff think that Lucas did not kill Vinson?
(a) The wound could not of been created by Lucas's gun
(b) Lucas would never shoot a man in the back
(c) Vinson shot himself
(d) The killer was shooting from further away

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who sits in the car with Sheriff Hampton?

2. Why did Miss Habersham suggest they leave the horse?

3. Who is the oldest of the Gowrie clan?

4. Why does Charles think the men have gathered around the jail?

5. What is different about one of the men who appears from behind the church?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Crawford kill Jake?

2. Describe the Gowrie clan

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

4. Why did the Gowrie's not lynch Lucas behind the store?

5. Why is Charles so interested in why the black worker is plowing the field?

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

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

8. In what way are the Gowrie's only a small step above black people?

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

10. Why is Charles' father so angry?

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