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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Tucker's brother Silas get into trouble with white people?
(a) Silas stole a white man's tractor.
(b) Silas talked to a white woman.
(c) Silas dated a white woman.
(d) Silas and his mules won a contest with Fix's tractor.

2. Where did Coot's all-colored regiment train?
(a) France.
(b) California.
(c) Ft. Bragg.
(d) Italy.

3. How was Gable's son put to death?
(a) The electric chair.
(b) He died during a beating.
(c) He was shot.
(d) He was lynched.

4. How did Clatoo know that Candy was lying?
(a) She couldn't remember where the body was.
(b) Her story was too practiced.
(c) She mixed up the facts about the time of death.
(d) She slipped and told Clatoo that Mathu killed Beau.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who in the store (bar) thinks that the police should handle the murder?

2. How many miles did Lou drive from Baron rouge to Marshall?

3. Who was sitting on the bed crying?

4. What was Dirty Red and his family known for?

5. What was Chimley sitting on while he was fishing?

(see the answer key)

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