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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Chimley keep his number five shells?
(a) In a coffee can.
(b) In a safe.
(c) Under the house.
(d) In a cigar box.

2. What did Chimley tell his wife when he left the house?
(a) To have the fish ready to eat when he returned.
(b) To quit bugging him.
(c) To gather all the women and meet him at Mathu's
(d) The find more men and guns and send them along.

3. Who did Ella call?
(a) Uncle Billy's house.
(b) The police.
(c) Miss Merle.
(d) Mathu's house.

4. How did Candy's parents die?
(a) In a car wreck.
(b) Of natural causes.
(c) They were murdered.
(d) In an airplane crash.

5. Why did Billy miss when he shot at the rabbit?
(a) Billy did not have good eyesight.
(b) Billy was known to be a very bad shot with a gun.
(c) Billy jumped because he thought it was a snake.
(d) Billy heard a shot in the distance that scared him.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Cherry Bello own?

2. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?

3. What did Mat tell his wife about the shotguns?

4. What days did Mat and Chimley fish on the river?

5. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?

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