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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What age had Charles's mother sworn she would allow her son coffee?
(a) 18
(b) 21
(c) 24
(d) 16
2. Where does Uncle Gavin think Vinson's body has been buried?
(a) In New Mexico
(b) In another state
(c) In quick sand
(d) In a lake
3. Why does the sheriff think that Lucas did not kill Vinson?
(a) The killer was shooting from further away
(b) Lucas would never shoot a man in the back
(c) Vinson shot himself
(d) The wound could not of been created by Lucas's gun
4. What does Charles's mother give him when he arrives home?
(a) A kiss
(b) Coffee
(c) Tea
(d) A cigarette
5. What part of the body was Vinson shot?
(a) In the thigh
(b) In the back
(c) In the hand
(d) In the head
6. Who digs up the grave?
(a) The black prisoners
(b) Mr. Gowrie's sons
(c) The sherrif
(d) Mr Gowrie
7. What is the first thing Charles does when he arrives home?
(a) He goes to the bathroom
(b) He makes a cup of coffee
(c) He goes to the haybarn
(d) He runs up to his room
8. What does Uncle Gavin say the crowd did when Charles suggests that they ran?
(a) They went for a drink
(b) They walked away
(c) They gave up
(d) They forgot
9. What does Gavin tell Charles never to stop doing?
(a) Learning about life
(b) Going to school
(c) Loving his family
(d) Fighting for his beliefs
10. Where does Charles ride to with Gavin?
(a) Back to his house
(b) To the jail
(c) To the undertakers
(d) To school
11. What are the two women doing outside the jail?
(a) Cleaning
(b) Sewing
(c) Dancing
(d) Cooking
12. What moment of the story does Charles think back to?
(a) His breakfast that morning
(b) A conversation with Aleck
(c) The trip to the cemetery
(d) His first meeting with Lucas
13. What does the sheriff find in the ditch?
(a) Mule hair
(b) A gun
(c) A cowboy hat
(d) A mound
14. Who does Gavin pick up from town?
(a) Lucas
(b) Charles's mother
(c) Crawford Gowrie
(d) Miss Habersham
15. Who digs at the mound?
(a) The sheriff
(b) Charles
(c) The hound dog
(d) The twins
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does not want Charles's mother to go to the jail?
2. Which animals footprints does the sheriff discover?
3. What kind of dogs are with the three men that appear from behind the church?
4. What does Mr. Gowrie pull out from his undershirt?
5. Who does Gavin say is there to keep the crowd under control?
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