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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 say has to give the black man the right to be free in the south?
(a) Southern gentlemen
(b) The governor
(c) The President
(d) The court of law

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

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

4. Who sits in the car with Sheriff Hampton?
(a) Two black prisoners
(b) Aleck Sander
(c) Gavin
(d) Charles

5. Where does Gavin say the black man is from?
(a) The North
(b) Africa
(c) Barbados
(d) England

Short Answer Questions

1. Who digs at the mound?

2. What kind of dogs are with the three men that appear from behind the church?

3. Where did Vinson arrange to meet Lucas?

4. Why does Charles think that Lucas was not lynched immediately?

5. Where do the footprints end?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why do you think Charles is so struck by Mr. Gowrie's grief?

6. For what reason does Charles think Lucas was not lynched?

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

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

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

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

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