A Gathering of Old Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Gathering of Old Men Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 134 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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. Why was Clatoo dressed in a nice shirt and bow tie?

2. When did Chimley not mind being called by his nickname?

3. Where does Lou Dimes work?

4. Why do Mat and Chimley fish only in one small spot?

5. Why hadn't Cherry shot his gun?

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the significance of empty number five shells?

2. What was happening to the black graveyards?

3. What had happened on the river that narrowed the fishing area for Chimley and Mat?

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

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

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

7. Why did Mat and Chimley wait before they took action?

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

9. What did Gil's coach want to tell Gill?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Relationships between white and black in this town in the Deep South. Explain the relationships between the black and white people in this town. Why didn't they change after slavery and after civil rights? Why is this town so far behind the times?

Essay Topic 3

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

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