A Gathering of Old Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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A Gathering of Old Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many years had Miss Merle known Candy?
(a) Only a few months.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 25 years.
(d) All Candy's life.

2. What color is Clabber's skin?
(a) Very dark like Mathu. He also is almost full African descent.
(b) Red. Clabber does not know his parent's heritage.
(c) Light Brown. Clabber is part American Indian.
(d) White. Clabber is an albino.

3. Why did the two men continue to fish after they heard about the murder?
(a) They were waiting for their wives to call them to dinner.
(b) The were scared because of what had happened in the past.
(c) They were waiting for further instructions.
(d) They were thinking about where to hide.

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

5. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?
(a) That she needs a drink.
(b) That she needs a twelve-gauge shotgun.
(c) That she brought an apple pie for Jack.
(d) That Beau Boutan is dead.

6. Why did people call Sully T.V.?
(a) He watched T.V. only at night.
(b) He had a sixth-sense when something was about to happen.
(c) He liked the Twilight Zone T.V. show.
(d) He was a T.V. nut.

7. What is Janey's job?
(a) Field worker.
(b) Driver.
(c) Bartender.
(d) Servant.

8. Who helped raise Candy?
(a) Lucy.
(b) Miss Merle.
(c) Lou.
(d) Janey.

9. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?
(a) Fix.
(b) Mape's backup.
(c) A lynch mob.
(d) Candy's boyfriend.

10. What, according to Johnny Paul, could Mapes NOT see?
(a) Life in the sugar cane fields before the tractor.
(b) The future.
(c) Who really killed Beau.
(d) All the old men.

11. How many miles did Lou drive from Baron rouge to Marshall?
(a) Five hundred.
(b) Fifty.
(c) Thirty-five.
(d) One hundred.

12. What was the women's reaction to Mapes slapping Uncle Billy and Gable?
(a) They yelled at Mapes.
(b) They moaned but did not move.
(c) They prayed.
(d) They ran over and tried to stop Mapes.

13. Why was Lou not at work?
(a) He was on assignment.
(b) He was out eating dinner.
(c) He was at Candy's house.
(d) He had taken the day off.

14. Why didn't the coroner want to get out of the car?
(a) He didn't walk very well.
(b) He was afraid of Candy.
(c) He was afraid of Mapes.
(d) He saw all the men with guns.

15. Why doesn't Janey tell Miss Bea about the murder?
(a) Miss Bea hated Beau.
(b) Miss Bea is still asleep and Janey doesn't want to wake her.
(c) Because Miss Bea in drunk on the porch swing.
(d) She thinks it would be like "talking to a wall."

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Janey say that Miss Bea and Major are?

2. How did Mapes, the sheriff, prove that Uncle Billy could not have shot Beau?

3. What was so important about the "Salt and Pepper" football duo?

4. What kind of a cap was Chimley wearing?

5. When Miss Merle arrives at Mathu's house, what is the first thing that happens?

(see the answer keys)

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