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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the dietician offer Christmas as a bribe?
(a) an afternoon at the movies
(b) a visit to a theme park
(c) a silver dollar
(d) a trip into town

2. Mr. McEachern tells Christmas that the name "Christmas" is _________ and the boy will be called McEachern.
(a) heathen
(b) Christian
(c) too seasonal
(d) too holiday-sounding

3. Of what does Hightower accuse Byron of doing?
(a) Running bootleg whiskey with Christmas
(b) Initiating an inappropriate relationship with the pregnant Lena
(c) Selling out Christmas to help his pregnant girlfriend's lover get the thousand-dollar reward
(d) Hiding the whereabouts of Lena's former lover

4. What does Christmas come to understand about women?
(a) Some are always going to be good and some are always going to be bad for you.
(b) They are all very moody at times.
(c) They are basically the same no matter what their age.
(d) When they finally surrender completely, it is going to be in words.

5. When Christmas' position in the room is revealed, the dietician accuses him of __________.
(a) hiding
(b) lying
(c) stealing
(d) spying

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does the dietician call Christmas?

2. What does the dietician tell the janitor about Christmas

3. Why do the townspeople virtually ignore Miss Burden?

4. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?

5. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?

(see the answer key)

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