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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Coot not worn his WWI uniform in years?
(a) White men told him not to wear it in public.
(b) White men beat him up for wearing it in public.
(c) Nobody knew what it meant.
(d) It didn't fit well anymore.

2. Why was Gable's sixteen-year-old son put to death?
(a) Gable's son stared at a white man's wife.
(b) Gable's son started a fight in town and hit a white man.
(c) A white woman claimed he raped her.
(d) Gable's son ran away from home.

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

4. Who tells Mat and Chimley that there has been a murder?
(a) Berto.
(b) Candy.
(c) Fue.
(d) Mathu.

5. Who shows up from the back of the house at the end of the chapter?
(a) Lou Dimes.
(b) Charlie Biggs.
(c) Fix.
(d) Luke Will.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who carried his gun like a soldier?

2. What time is it when Miss Merle spots the Major asleep in the swing?

3. Who talks Candy into ending the events of the day?

4. What did Fix do when Gil did not agree with him?

5. Why do the old men call Mapes into the house?

(see the answer key)

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