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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Miss Merle arrives back at the Marshall house, what does she tell Bea?

2. Why did Mathu look down on some of the men who arrived to help him?

3. Who arrived at the end of the chapter?

4. What was Chimley sitting on while he was fishing?

5. What color is Clabber's skin?

Short Essay Questions

1. How can readers tell that Gram Mon is poor?

2. Why did Miss Merle slap Janey and why did Janey stand there and take it?

3. Why did all the men shoot their guns once?

4. How did each man claim responsibility for the murder of Beau?

5. What is the significance of Janey scolding Snookum to call Candy "Miss Candy" and Lou "Mr. Lou?"

6. Why was it important for the author to show violence against women in the black community?

7. Who was Tucker's brother and what was the battle that brought man against machine?

8. Why did Clatoo stop the truck before he got to Mathu's?

9. Why did Mapes hit the men and what did it mean? When everybody lined up to be hit by Mapes, what happened?

10. Why did Candy want more men and more shotguns at Mathu's house?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How did each person telling their story make an impact on the story as a whole?

Essay Topic 2

Do you feel that Fix and Gil reconciled? Why? Will their lives be different? Will Fix change? Will Gill pull away from his family or join them?

Essay Topic 3

How was Gil's life different from his family? How was he torn between the two worlds?

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