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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 is the name of the track's owner?
(a) Mr. van Tosch
(b) Mr. Parsham
(c) Colonel Linscomb
(d) Mr. Binford

2. Who escorts Corrie back to town?
(a) Miss Reba
(b) Sam
(c) Boon
(d) Lucius

3. What does Parsham teach Lucius to do in this chapter?
(a) Talk to women
(b) Play golf
(c) Drive the mules of the buggy
(d) Shoot a gun

4. Who does Ned wait for to clean his clothing?
(a) Minnie
(b) Mary
(c) Joanne
(d) Corrie

5. Who has loaned Minnie's services to the hotel?
(a) Mr. Binford
(b) Ned
(c) Butch
(d) Miss Reba

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the other rider's name?

2. What does Butch ask Lycurgus to bring him?

3. Where does Corrie convince the wagon to stop?

4. Who does the group presume has stolen Minnie's tooth?

5. Which race does Ned tell Lucius he has to lose?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Lucius show his maturation as a young adult in this chapter?

2. What was Lightning form in previous races?

3. Describe the character of Butch.

4. In what way does Chapter 8 show the immense pride of the novel's black characters?

5. How can Lightning win the race?

6. What does Corrie's character symbolize about women during the early 1900s in southern America?

7. In what way does Boon show a lack of understanding for Corrie in Chapter 9?

8. How did Otis and his aunt extort Miss Corrie?

9. Describe Otis.

10. In what way has Sam showed his worth to the group?

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