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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Miss Burden when she discovers him stealing food from her house?
(a) Twenty-five years old
(b) Forty-one years old
(c) Thirty-years old
(d) Fifty-three years old

2. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?
(a) Because Hightower knows people in high places
(b) Because Hightower is Christmas' gay lover
(c) Because Hightower is also a lawyer
(d) Because Hightower is still a man of God

3. Who does the dietician approach to exact her revenge on Christmas?
(a) the school nurse
(b) the principal
(c) the janitor
(d) the math teacher

4. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?
(a) Lena's parents
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Gould
(c) Lucas Burch
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Hines

5. What item in the dietician's bathroom at the orphanage fascinates the five-year-old Christmas?
(a) Perfume
(b) Pink toothpaste
(c) Makeup
(d) Talcum powder

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens one day when Christmas is taking some of the answer to #61?

2. Mr. McEachern tells Christmas that the name "Christmas" is _________ and the boy will be called McEachern.

3. How many days pass before Christmas is returned to the orphanage?

4. What does Christmas come to understand about women?

5. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?

(see the answer key)

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