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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Charles ride into town with to see Lucas?
(a) Lucas
(b) Aleck
(c) Uncle Gavin
(d) The sheriff

2. What does Lucas demand Charles does?
(a) Cook him dinner
(b) Tell a joke
(c) Warm himself by the fire
(d) Talk to his wife

3. Who does Lucas remind Charles of?
(a) Ernest Hemmingway
(b) The president
(c) His father
(d) His grandfather

4. What do the black prisoners normally do?
(a) Spit at passers by
(b) Sing the blues
(c) Stand at the window and call out
(d) Hit the bars with their metal plates

5. Why does the sheriff put Lucas in a cell usually reserved for white prisoners?
(a) Lucas has a white man's mind
(b) To give him a good nights sleep
(c) He will be safer there
(d) To tempt him into hanging himself

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Charles ask if he can take to Lucas?

2. Where does Charles end up throwing the coins?

3. When is Charles afraid the the town folk will lynch Lucas?

4. Why does Charles initially think he no longer owes Lucas a debt?

5. Who stops Lucas from from getting lynched?

(see the answer key)

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