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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Snookum see at Mathu's house?
(a) Reverend Jameson standing over a body.
(b) A dead body.
(c) Corrine in her kitchen eating.
(d) Rufe hoeing in his garden.

2. What did each old black man do and say?
(a) Each man fired his gun a second time.
(b) Each man slapped Mathu.
(c) Each man confessed to the murder.
(d) Each man introduced himself to Mathu.

3. What does Bea need before she will think of more names?
(a) To wake the Major.
(b) Another drink.
(c) A gun.
(d) Food.

4. What are the tractor's getting closer and closer to?
(a) The houses at the quarters.
(b) Mathu's house.
(c) Candy's house.
(d) The black graveyard.

5. Who does Janey work for?
(a) The Major and Miss Bea.
(b) Mr. Lou.
(c) Candy.
(d) Miss Merle.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Candy's parents die?

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

3. What was Yank's job before tractors came to the sugar can fields?

4. Why did Miss Merle bring a pie?

5. What happened to Oliver?

(see the answer key)

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