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

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

3. Why do the townspeople virtually ignore Miss Burden?
(a) Because she never married
(b) Because she associates with Negroes
(c) Because she is more intelligent than any of them
(d) Because she is too eccentric

4. What does the dietician tell the janitor about Christmas
(a) That he will never be adopted
(b) That he will be adopted soon
(c) That he is a nigger and will have to be sent to a nigger orphanage
(d) That he is too old to stay in this orphanage

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does the dietician call Christmas?

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

3. What item in the dietician's bathroom at the orphanage fascinates the five-year-old Christmas?

4. Who does the dietician approach to exact her revenge on Christmas?

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

(see the answer key)

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