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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What phrase does Charlie keep saying over and over again?
(a) I need a better house.
(b) I killed Beau.
(c) I need a tractor to work in the fields.
(d) I'm a man.

2. Why was Clatoo dressed in a nice shirt and bow tie?
(a) He had just returned from church with Reverend Jameson.
(b) He was returning from work.
(c) He had just been to a funeral.
(d) He sold vegetables out of his truck and always wanted to remind people that he was a businessman.

3. Why does Candy slap Lou in the car?
(a) Lou says he is going to write a story about this for the newspaper.
(b) Lou tries to start the car and drive away.
(c) Lou proposes again, at a very odd time.
(d) Lou says that Mathu is now free of her.

4. What was happening the next day?
(a) A demonstration on campus.
(b) A big football game between LSU and Ole Miss.
(c) A big football practice that Gil had to attend.
(d) A county fair.

5. When did Chimley not mind being called by his nickname?
(a) When his friends were talking to him.
(b) When Candy talked to him.
(c) When his momma talked to him.
(d) When Mr. Lou talked to him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Chimley not like white people calling him by his nickname?

2. How old is Charlie?

3. When Gil arrived at the scene of the crime, how long had his brother been dead?

4. When Ella tried to call the sheriff, what did Mat do?

5. What kind of a cap was Chimley wearing?

(see the answer key)

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