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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. What does Miss Habersham need while she is standing guard at the jail?
(a) Her sewing
(b) Her shawl
(c) Her baby
(d) Her book

2. Why does Charles think the men have gathered around the jail?
(a) To lynch Lucas
(b) To preach
(c) To demonstrate against Lucas's arrest
(d) To entertain the prisoners

3. What does Mr. Gowrie do with his son's dead body?
(a) Throws it in to a lake
(b) Burns it
(c) Takes it home
(d) Buries it in the forest

4. What still might happen to Lucas if he is found guilty?
(a) He could hang
(b) He could be sentenced for life
(c) He could be put on the electric chair
(d) He could have his hands chopped off

5. What does Uncle Gavin say the crowd did when Charles suggests that they ran?
(a) They gave up
(b) They forgot
(c) They went for a drink
(d) They walked away

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of gun does the sheriff think killed Lucas?

2. What does Charles see a black man doing in a field?

3. What does the sheriff find in the ditch?

4. What did the sheriff and Uncle Gavin do while Charles slept?

5. How many faces does Charles dream that the crowd has?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do the people surrounding the jail quickly disperse when they arrive with the dead body?

2. In what way are the Gowrie's only a small step above black people?

3. How does Aleck Sander show his bravery during the trip back from the cemetery?

4. Why have southern black men not earned freedom in the south?

5. In chapter six how does Uncle Gavin calm Charles down enough to take him to the cemetery?

6. Why do you think Mr. Gowrie asks his sons to dig up Vince's grave?

7. Why do you think Charles is so struck by Mr. Gowrie's grief?

8. For what reason does Charles think Lucas was not lynched?

9. Who does the sheriff think the man is who passed Charles on the road to the cemetery?

10. What is Uncle Gavin's take on the civil rights struggle in the South?

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