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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. When Luke Will ran out of shells, what did Charlie offer?
(a) To stop the shoot-out.
(b) To surrender.
(c) More shells.
(d) To kill him.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Who narrates this chapter?
(a) Lou.
(b) Snookum.
(c) Chimley
(d) Mapes.

Short Answer Questions

1. After talking on the radio, Mapes makes an announcement to the group. What news does he share?

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

3. Who was calling on God?

4. What does Mapes say to Lou?

5. Who talks Candy into ending the events of the day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How was Gil welcomed by the people gathered at his father's house?

2. Describe the final moments of the shoot-out.

3. How many funerals were there?

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

5. How does Charlie prove he is a man?

6. What did Mapes mean when he told Luke Will that Charlie was now in charge?

7. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

8. How did Mapes get the group of old men to decide to end the evening?

9. How were the old men getting a bathroom break?

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

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