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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why are the black prisoners afraid to make a noise?
(a) The sheriff is asleep
(b) They may by mistaken for Lucas
(c) They will not get fed
(d) Too much noise will set off a time bomb

2. How would Charles leave town?
(a) Catch a train
(b) Ride away on his pony
(c) Take his father's car
(d) Walk

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

4. Who stops Lucas from from getting lynched?
(a) The bar owner
(b) The shopkeepers son
(c) Miss Laney
(d) The blacksmith

5. Where does Gavin take Charles?
(a) To the cemetery
(b) To the sheriff's house
(c) To the saloon
(d) To school

Short Answer Questions

1. What day do they bury the murdered man?

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

3. What does Charles notice about the roads?

4. Why is the sheriff reluctant to do anything?

5. What make of gun does Lucas own?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Lucas not popular with white people in the town?

2. In this chapter how does Faulkner show what he thinks is the main difference between men and women?

3. Why are the black prisoners so quiet the night Lucas is taken into the prison?

4. In what way does chapter five show the importance of women in southern American life?

5. Why does Miss Habersham help Lucas out?

6. In what way does chapter five express the segregation between black and white people?

7. How does chapter five express Charles's need to come of age as a man?

8. Why do you think Lucas does not discourage Gavin from giving him a version of his own story?

9. How does Charles still know that he still owes Lucas a debt?

10. Do you think Will Legate is a good choice to guard Lucas at such a dangerous time?

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