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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 had Coot not worn his WWI uniform in years?

2. Where did Coot's all-colored regiment train?

3. According to Chimley's story, who got in a fistfight with Fix?

4. Why did Mat feel good about what they were doing?

5. When Ella tried to call the sheriff, what did Mat do?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was the significance of the argument between Mat and his wife?

3. Why did Cherry talk about the fields of cane? What are the fields of cane a symbol of for Cherry's people?

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

5. Why did Gil look at Cal like he hated him?

6. Why did Jacob feel bad about the death of his sister Tessie when he had nothing to do with her murder?

7. What was Johnny Paul talking about when he talked to Mapes about what he couldn't see?

8. What are the Major and Miss Bea doing?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What did the Cajuns come to symbolize to the black people on the river?

Essay Topic 2

Why was Charlie's story of bravery so important to all the black men?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the story of Fix and his men. Had anything changed through the years? What had changed?

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