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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the old man holler out while waiting on the train to Jefferson?
(a) Hellfire and brimstone!
(b) Hell won't have this mess!
(c) Bitchery and abomination!
(d) Saints be praised!

2. The story transitions from an eight-year-old Christmas to Christmas at ___________________.
(a) eighteen-years-old
(b) ten-years-old
(c) fourteen-years-old
(d) twenty-years-old

3. What does Hightower understand when he hears the choir's songs emanating from his old church?
(a) That the townspeople plan on crucifying Christmas
(b) That the songs are chosen for specific reasons
(c) That the organ desperately needs tuning
(d) That he does not like the new songs he hears

4. What do the townspeople want to do with Christmas?
(a) Lynch him
(b) Increase his bail
(c) Free him
(d) Give him a fair trial

5. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?
(a) A meal in the kitchen
(b) A Bible lesson
(c) A to-do list
(d) A paycheck

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens as Christmas comes to in Bobbie's room?

2. What does the dietician offer Christmas as a bribe?

3. How much time does Byron spend at the mill?

4. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?

5. Why had Hightower originally come to town?

(see the answer key)

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