2. What does Charlie do before he charges Luke Will?
(a) Yells at Luke Will to give up.
(b) Decides to give up.
(c) Smokes a cigarette.
(d) Shoots Leroy.

3. What phrase does Charlie keep saying over and over again?
(a) I need a tractor to work in the fields.
(b) I'm a man.
(c) I killed Beau.
(d) I need a better house.

4. How old is Charlie?
(a) 60
(b) 50
(c) 30
(d) 70

5. Who agreed with Gil?
(a) Fix.
(b) His brother Claude.
(c) His brother Jean.
(d) Luke Will.

6. The old men want to talk inside the house alone. They do not want Candy in the house with them. Candy gets very angry. What does Mapes say is Candy's motivation?
(a) She wants to keep them all slaves.
(b) She is trying to protect them, but it will do no good.
(c) She blames Mathu for her upbringing.
(d) She does not run the Marshall plantation, and she wants to be in charge.

7. What is the "nigger room" in Tee Jack's store?
(a) Where black people could gamble illegally.
(b) Where black people were hidden during the Civil War.
(c) Where Tee Jack stored cheap liqour that he sold to black customers.
(d) Where black people could get a drink before desegregation.

8. What does Luke Will's gang do at the end of the chapter?
(a) Luke Will's gang sits in the "nigger room" to finish their drinks.
(b) Luke Will's gang threatens Tee Jack that they will be back.
(c) Luke Will's gang finish their drinks and leave.
(d) Luke Will's gang asks for supplies for the lynching from Tee Jack but he refuses.

9. How did Candy's mother and father die?
(a) In a plane crash.
(b) Of natural causes.
(c) Working in the fields.
(d) In a car wreck.

10. Why were the old black men going to the back of the house one at a time?
(a) To see if Charlie was there.
(b) To get some food.
(c) To use the outhouse.
(d) To check on Mathu.

11. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?
(a) Snookum says Gram Mon wants a second sandwich because she was cooking dinner when someone shot Beau.
(b) Snookum says he wants some ice water or he will tell Mapes who shot Beau.
(c) Snookum says that Candy promised him sandwiches if he would keep his mouth shut.
(d) Snookum says he wants another sandwich because Candy didn't give him anything to run and get everybody.

12. What did Candy do when she waved goodbye to the old men?
(a) She squeezed Lou's hand.
(b) She shook each man's hand.
(c) She cried.
(d) She laughed.

13. What action did Gil want his father to take about the death of his brother, Beau?
(a) Gil wanted his father, Fix, to talk to Mathu.
(b) Gil wanted Sully to talk to Mathu.
(c) Gil wanted to let the police arrest the suspect.
(d) Gil wanted to form a lynch mob and pick up Mathu.

14. Who picks up Candy and puts her in his car?
(a) Mathu.
(b) Mapes.
(c) Lou Dimes.
(d) Johnny Paul.

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