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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many days pass before Christmas is returned to the orphanage?
(a) 7
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 2

2. Where does the janitor take Christmas?
(a) To the movies
(b) To a different orphanage
(c) To a ballgame
(d) To church

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

4. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?
(a) That Christmas is the bastard son of their deceased daughter, Milly
(b) That she would like to lead a choir someday
(c) That she has never been to Jefferson before
(d) That she respects his position in the community

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does the relationship between Christmas and Miss Burden evolve?

3. Of what does Hightower accuse Byron of doing?

4. What does the answer to #65 call the dietician's problem with the Christmas situation?

5. Why do the townspeople virtually ignore Miss Burden?

(see the answer key)

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