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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Miss Petra Graf?
(a) Mr.Newby's mistress.
(b) The schoolmistress.
(c) A friend of Gilda's.
(d) Farrell's wife-to-be.

2. What does Healy insist Jimmie do by the next morning, after their argument?
(a) Return his tools.
(b) Leave his property.
(c) Finish the fence.
(d) Apologize.

3. What do McCreadie and Mort argue about?
(a) The brothers' murders.
(b) Which direction to head in.
(c) Race relations.
(d) The African War.

4. How does Jimmie feel when at the holy place?
(a) Peaceful and serene.
(b) Disturbed and angry.
(c) Afraid and confused.
(d) Happy and refreshed.

5. How many seconds go by before Mr. Hyberry trips the lever when hanging someone?
(a) Three.
(b) One.
(c) Ten.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jimmie think of Mrs Healy?

2. What does the schoolteacher show the brothers?

3. What year is it at the beginning of the novel?

4. Who is Morton?

5. Where does Mrs. Newby tell Gilda she can have the baby?

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