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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. How much did Crawford bet Lucas that his gun would not shoot?
(a) Half a dollar
(b) A dollar
(c) Two dollars
(d) A quarter

2. Where does Charles ride to with Gavin?
(a) To school
(b) To the jail
(c) Back to his house
(d) To the undertakers

3. Which brother did Vinson go into business with?
(a) Peter
(b) Crawford
(c) Bryan
(d) Forrest

4. Which animals footprints does the sheriff discover?
(a) A dog's
(b) A deer's
(c) A badger's
(d) A mule's

5. What does the sheriff think Jack Montgomerie tried to do before he died?
(a) Call the police
(b) Score drugs
(c) Kill his killer
(d) Dig up Vinson

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Lucas alway wear when he went into town?

2. Who does Gavin pick up from town?

3. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?

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

5. What happens at the sales barn on a Monday?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Charles' father so angry?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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