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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where do Christmas and Brown live?
(a) In a hotel
(b) In a studio apartment
(c) In the cabin on Miss Burden's property
(d) In a rented house

2. Why does Christmas quit his job at the mill?
(a) He got a better offer from another mill.
(b) He is leaving town.
(c) He is bored with the work at the mill.
(d) He and Brown are partners in the whiskey business.

3. Where does Lena go the next morning?
(a) She tries to get a job at the general store.
(b) She hitches a ride back home.
(c) She takes a train to Atlanta.
(d) She gets a wagon ride to Jefferson.

4. How much older than Lena is McKinley?
(a) 13 years
(b) 7 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 10 years

5. What do the other mill workers discover that Joe Christmas has been doing?
(a) Volunteering at the hospital
(b) Driving a cab
(c) Working the night shift
(d) Selling whiskey illegally

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the two men in the wagon, Armstid and Winterbottom, give Lena a ride?

2. Why had Hightower originally come to town?

3. Why does Byron not tell Miss Burden about Christmas and Brown's illegal whiskey business?

4. Who did Lena live with in Doane's Mill?

5. What is the demeanor of the answer to #13?

(see the answer key)

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