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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 has joined the women at the hotel?
(a) Boon
(b) A guard
(c) Sam
(d) A lawyer

2. Who does Ned have with him?
(a) Lightning
(b) Miss Corrie
(c) Grandfather
(d) Boon

3. What reason does Corrie give for crying?
(a) Boon's jealousy
(b) Lucius' kindness
(c) Her father's death
(d) Otis' situation

4. What is the other rider's name?
(a) McWillie
(b) McFarlane
(c) McAnuff
(d) McLucky

5. What does Butch assume Ned cannot do?
(a) Speak
(b) Read
(c) Write
(d) Count

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose voice does Lucius hear in the yard when he wakes?

2. What does Lucius need the doctor to look at?

3. What does Parsham take Lucius to do after dinner?

4. Who sleeps with Lucius in the attic?

5. How much does Otis demand for riding the horse?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was Lightning form in previous races?

2. What does Corrie's character symbolize about women during the early 1900s in southern America?

3. Describe the character of Butch.

4. In what way does Chapter 8 show the immense pride of the novel's black characters?

5. In what way does the content in this chapter show Lucius as still a child?

6. Why does Ned question the officer for his arrest?

7. What is Ned's plan in Chapter 10?

8. In what way has Lucius matured since the beginning of the novel?

9. How does Chapter 12 show the effects of sexual desire on an individual?

10. How did the constable react to the fight between Butch and Boon?

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