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. Who gets "winged?"
(a) Mathu.
(b) Lou.
(c) Snookum.
(d) Leroy, one of Luke Will's men.

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

3. How many days did the trail go on?
(a) 5 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 4 weeks.
(d) 14 days.

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

5. Why did Mathu look down on all the other old black men?
(a) They did not work as hard at Mathu.
(b) They owned their own houses, and Mathu still worked on the Marshall land.
(c) They were not as dark skinned as Mathu, they were not as African.
(d) They were cowards and never stood up for themselves.

6. What does Luke Will say to Mapes about Charlie?
(a) Luke Will tells Mapes that he's going to beat Charlie.
(b) Luke Will tells Mapes that he wants to talk to Charlie.
(c) Luke Will tells Mapes that Mathu is the murderer, not Charlie.
(d) Luke Will tells Mapes to "hand him over."

7. What did Dirty Red keep asking Charlie?
(a) If he was going to kill Luke Will and Fix.
(b) If he really killed Beau.
(c) If he believed in God.
(d) What he'd seen back in the swamps.

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

9. What group was there to defend Luke Will's friends?
(a) The Klans.
(b) NAACP.
(c) Lou Dimes.
(d) Candy's uncle.

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

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

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

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

14. Why did Beau come after Charlie?
(a) Charlie hit Beau with his fist.
(b) Charlie called him a name.
(c) Charlie told him he was quiting.
(d) Charlie was not working hard.

15. What does Tee Jack do to calm Luke Will and his friends?
(a) Tee Jack tell the professor to shut up.
(b) Tee Jack reminds Luke Will that his store/bar is still segregated.
(c) Tee Jack gives Luke Will and his boys liquor for free.
(d) Tee Jack offers to help with the lynching.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Fix do when Gil did not agree with him?

2. Once the old men are in the field, what do they do?

3. Who shows up from the back of the house at the end of the chapter?

4. When Luke Will ran out of shells, what did Charlie offer?

5. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?

(see the answer keys)

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