SparkNotes: A Gathering of Old Men: Quiz

Which character has just been murdered when the book begins?

(A) Mathu

(B) Beau Baton

(C) Rufe

(D) Lou Dimes

(E) Sully

Who does Sheriff Mapes thinks murdered Beau?

(A) Mathu

(B) Candy

(C) Johnny Paul

(D) Rufe

(E) Clatoo

Who actually murdered Beau?

(A) Candy

(B) Billy Washington

(C) Charlie

(D) Snookum

(E) Dirty Red

Who owns the Marshall Plantation?

(A) Beau Bauton

(B) Candy, Jack, and Bea Marshall

(C) Miss Merle

(D) Lou Dimes

(E) Fix Bauton

Why does Fix decide not to revenge his son's death?

(A) Because his sons will not all come with him

(B) Because he feels that the law should take of it

(C) Because he feels too old

(D) Because Beau's wife does not want him to go

(E) Because the deputy detains him

Why doesn't Mapes immediately arrest someone for the crime?

(A) Because he cannot figure out who did it

(B) Because he is busy fishing

(C) Because Candy begs him not to

(D) Because everyone at the farm confesses to the crime

(E) Because he the murderer runs away

Who is Candy's boyfriend?

(A) Mathu

(B) Gil Bauton

(C) Sully

(D) Tee Jack

(E) Lou Dimes

Who is Candy most trying to protect?

(A) Snookum

(B) Janey

(C) Lou

(D) Mathu

(E) Charlie

Which black man thinks that everyone should just go home and not fight?

(A) Reverend Jameson

(B) Clatoo

(C) Chimley

(D) Dirty Red

(E) Cherry

Why does everyone in the area know Gil Bauton?

(A) Because he is a star football player on the Louisiana State University team

(B) Because he is really good looking

(C) Because he has a violent past

(D) Because is a civil rights activist

(E) Because everyone really likes him

What characters are killed during the shootout?

(A) Charlie and Luke Will

(B) Sheriff Mapes and Charlie

(C) Charlie, Luke Will, and Leroy

(D) Mathu and Clatoo

(E) Candy

What crop is primarily grown on the plantation?

(A) Cotton

(B) Potatoes

(C) Wheat

(D) Sugar Cane

(E) Sorghum

Who runs the local bar/corner store?

(A) Lou Dimes

(B) Clatoo

(C) Gil Boutan

(D) Tee Jack

(E) Luke Will

Who is the maid in the Marshall house?

(A) Glo

(B) Miss Merle

(C) Candy

(D) Janey

(E) Beulah

Who is the child narrator in the novel?

(A) Clatoo

(B) Dirty Red

(C) Chimley

(D) Snookum

(E) Billy Washington

Which character fought during the First World War?

(A) Clatoo

(B) Bill Washington

(C) Johnny Paul

(D) Coot

(E) Dirty Red

Which characters are shot but not killed during the shootout?

(A) Candy and Lou

(B) Mathu and Charlie

(C) Clatoo, Sheriff Mapes, and Dirty Red

(D) Sheriff Mapes and Leroy

(E) Luke Will and Bill Washington

What does Jack Marshall do after Beau's murder?

(A) Investigate into the crime

(B) Alert the Sheriff

(C) Order Candy to return to the house

(D) Get drunk

(E) Beat up Mathu who he thinks committed the crime

Which people took over Candy's education after her parents' death?

(A) The Bautons

(B) Bea and Jack Marshall

(C) Lou Dimes and his family

(D) Miss Merle and Mathu

(E) Reverend Jameson and his wife

Who leads the crew to revenge Beau's death?

(A) Fix Boutan

(B) Sharp

(C) Tee Jack

(D) Luke Will

(E) Gil Boutan

What do the would-be lynchers do before going to the plantation?

(A) Buy new shotguns

(B) Consult the Sheriff

(C) Go fishing

(D) Get drunk

(E) Eat dinner

What does Candy want the men to bring to Mathu's house?

(A) Dinner

(B) Beer

(C) A runaway car

(D) Twelve gauge shotguns

(E) Their wives

Who does not confess to killing Beau Boutan?

(A) Candy

(B) Mathu

(C) Mathu

(D) Reverend Jameson

(E) Charlie

Why does everyone think that Mathu killed Beau?

(A) Because Mathu confessed

(B) Because Mathu's clothes were stained with blood

(C) Because Mathu ran away from the crime scene

(D) Because Mathu is the only one who ever stood up to whites

(E) Because Mathu had a history of fighting with Beau

What does Miss Merle bring to the plantation in the afternoon?

(A) More shotguns

(B) More live shells

(C) The Sheriff

(D) Sandwiches

(E) A note from Fix Boutan