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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who gets shot and cannot move from his position?
(a) Luke Will.
(b) Mapes.
(c) Candy.
(d) Lou Dimes.

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

4. How far did Charlie go before he was hit?
(a) Three or Four steps.
(b) Across the yard.
(c) To the tractor.
(d) To the ditch.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jack Marshall do every day?

2. What was Lou doing in the final moments of the shoot-out?

3. Who picks up Candy and puts her in his car?

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

5. What did Lou tell Mapes when he crawled over to him?

Short Essay Questions

1. When the shoot-out began, how did the old black men get organized and decide what to do?

2. What was the "nigger room" a symbol of?

3. How many days did the trial last?

4. How does Charlie prove he is a man?

5. Why is it important that this chapter is narrated by a child?

6. What is Leroy's reaction to getting shot?

7. How many funerals were there?

8. What does Charlie do when the shoot-out begins?

9. Why was it important for Charlie to come forward and confess to the murder of Beau?

10. Why did Fix need all his sons to agree on a course of action?

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