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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Of what does Hightower accuse Byron of doing?
(a) Hiding the whereabouts of Lena's former lover
(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) Running bootleg whiskey with Christmas

2. How does Milly Hines die?
(a) In a house fire
(b) In a car accident
(c) Giving birth to Christmas
(d) By taking sleeping pills

3. Where does Christmas get a job?
(a) At the dry goods store
(b) At the gas station
(c) At the bus station
(d) At the planing mill

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

5. What name does the dietician call Christmas?
(a) stupid brat
(b) nigger bastard
(c) little rascal
(d) filthy bastard

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hightower understand when he hears the choir's songs emanating from his old church?

2. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?

3. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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