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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are the two women doing outside the jail?
(a) Dancing
(b) Cooking
(c) Cleaning
(d) Sewing

2. Where does Uncle Gavin tell Lucas he shot the man?
(a) In the groin
(b) In the back
(c) In the kidney
(d) Between the eyes

3. What does Lucas lay on the bare cots?
(a) Books
(b) Tarpaulin
(c) Newspaper
(d) His jacket

4. Why did the Gowries not lynch Lucas?
(a) They knew he was not responsible for the killing
(b) They would of attracted attention to themselves
(c) They would of been arrested
(d) It would of been unholy

5. How many faces does Charles dream that the crowd has?
(a) Hundreds
(b) One
(c) FIve
(d) Three

Short Answer Questions

1. What still might happen to Lucas if he is found guilty?

2. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?

3. What would of the towns people have thought the lynching of Lucas would of been before Mr. Gowries showed them Montgomeries body?

4. Why does Lucas accept Gavin's story?

5. What does Charles's mother give him when he arrives home?

(see the answer key)

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