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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. Who does Gavin pick up from town?
(a) Charles's mother
(b) Miss Habersham
(c) Crawford Gowrie
(d) Lucas

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

3. What does Charles's mother give him when he arrives home?
(a) A kiss
(b) A cigarette
(c) Tea
(d) Coffee

4. Who digs up the grave?
(a) The sherrif
(b) The black prisoners
(c) Mr Gowrie
(d) Mr. Gowrie's sons

5. What did the sheriff and Uncle Gavin do while Charles slept?
(a) Made dinner
(b) Arrested the would be lynchers
(c) Hatched a plan to save Lucas
(d) Set Lucas free

Short Answer Questions

1. Which one of the Gowrie clan is a draft dodger?

2. Who did Crawford sell his lumber to?

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

4. Which animals footprints does the sheriff discover?

5. Who digs at the mound?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why have southern black men not earned freedom in the south?

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

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

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

6. Why do you think Lucas did not tell the full story in the first place?

7. Describe Crawford and Vinson's lumber business.

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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