A Gathering of Old Men Test | Final Test - Easy

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A Gathering of Old Men Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Luke Will notice about Tee Jack at the end of the chapter?
(a) That he had more free liquor.
(b) That he has closed the back room.
(c) That he wants to join the lynch mob.
(d) That he is scared.

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

4. Who was sitting in Fix's lap?
(a) Fix's son.
(b) Beau's wife.
(c) Fix's wife.
(d) Beau's son.

5. Once the old men are in the field, what do they do?
(a) They spead out, rise up and hoop and then fire at Luke Will and his gang.
(b) They hide in the swamps.
(c) They lay low and stay quiet.
(d) They are confused and don't know what to do next.

6. During the trial, what was the racial makeup of the observing crowd?
(a) About half black and half white.
(b) All white on the main floor and a few blacks in the balcony.
(c) All black.
(d) All white as blacks were not allowed in the courtroom.

7. What would bring the court to laughing?
(a) When nicknames for the old men were used in court.
(b) When people saw the men all banged up and bandaged.
(c) When people walked by outside.
(d) When they saw Judge Reynolds.

8. Who were the three funerals for?
(a) Charlie, Mapes and Luke Will.
(b) Mapes, Leroy and Luke Will.
(c) Beau, Luke Will and Mathu.
(d) Luke Will, Beau, and Charlie.

9. Who was calling on God?
(a) Lou Dimes.
(b) Gram Mon.
(c) Mapes.
(d) Reverend Jameson.

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

11. What has Charlie done his whole life until today?
(a) Got drunk.
(b) Worked hard on the plantation.
(c) Killed white men.
(d) Ran away from anything that scared him.

12. What did Lou tell Mapes when he crawled over to him?
(a) "You're in the way."
(b) "You're hit."
(c) "Your deputy resigned."
(d) "We have to move you."

13. What was Lou doing in the final moments of the shoot-out?
(a) He was shooting at the tractor.
(b) He was organizing the men to stand and hoop and shoot.
(c) He was waving his arms trying to get people to stop shooting.
(d) He was hiding under the house with Snookum.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who gets "winged?"

2. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?

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?

4. What group was there to defend Luke Will's friends?

5. What phrase does Charlie keep saying over and over again?

(see the answer keys)

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