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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. What does Snookum say that almost gives away Candy's entire plan?

2. The narrater of this chapter is on which side of the shoot-out?

3. How old is Charlie?

4. Who welcomed Gil at the door of his father's house?

5. What happens when Charlie and Mapes go out the front door?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who did Mapes put in charge after he was wounded?

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

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

6. What was Tee Jack afraid of?

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

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

9. How many days did the trial last?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which characters do you think changed the most and the least in this story. Why? What made them change or not change?

Essay Topic 2

Compare Mapes and Mathu. Describe their friendship. Why are they important to their own people? How will their lives change from the events of this day?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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