2. What did Mathu ask Snookum to get from the house when the sandwiches came?
(a) More guns.
(b) Beer.
(c) Ice water.
(d) Plates and forks.

3. 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 does not run the Marshall plantation, and she wants to be in charge.
(c) She blames Mathu for her upbringing.
(d) She is trying to protect them, but it will do no good.

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

5. 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 form a lynch mob and pick up Mathu.
(d) Gil wanted to let the police arrest the suspect.

6. Who shot Mapes?
(a) One of the old black men.
(b) Lou Dimes.
(c) The deputy.
(d) One of Luke Will's lynch mob.

7. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?
(a) Mapes handcuffs Charlie.
(b) The deputy arrests Charlie.
(c) Luke Will shows up.
(d) The old men follow them out.

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

9. What did Fix do when Gil did not agree with him?
(a) Fix insisted that Gil raise Beau's son.
(b) Fix banished Gil from the house.
(c) Fix did not speak to Gil inside the house.
(d) Fix had his gang run Gil out of town.

10. Who did Luke Will say was in charge?
(a) Leroy.
(b) Charlie.
(c) Lou.
(d) Mathu.

11. After talking on the radio, Mapes makes an announcement to the group. What news does he share?
(a) That Mathu is wanted in two other states for crimes there.
(b) That Mapes fired his deputy.
(c) That Luke Will and a lynch mob are coming.
(d) That Fix is not coming.

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

13. What was different about the way Yank hollered?
(a) He hollered with a very southern accent.
(b) He hollered the way you holler at a rodeo.
(c) He hollered in a very low voice.
(d) He hollered just like all the other men.

14. What do all the old black men, and women and children do after Charlie dies?
(a) They cover him with a bedspread and pray.
(b) They all touch him as a sign of honor.
(c) They blame Mathu for the death of Charlie.
(d) They kill Luke Will and his gang.

15. Who was sitting on the bed crying?
(a) Beau's son.
(b) Jean.
(c) Fix.
(d) Beau's wife.