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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Christmas walks into the woods and reaches a point by a small stream where he ___________________.
(a) builds a fire and takes a nap
(b) whittles for awhile
(c) goes swimming
(d) goes fishing

2. Where does Hightower now spend all his time?
(a) Fishing
(b) In a bar
(c) At the library
(d) In seclusion at his home

3. What does Christmas do as he stands underneath Miss Burden's bedroom window?
(a) He strips himself of the undergarment he wears.
(b) He serenades her.
(c) He throws rocks at her window.
(d) He yells obscenities at her.

4. Why does Christmas feel that something powerful is taking over his body and something irreversible is about to happen?
(a) Because he has a violent temper
(b) Because he is drunk
(c) Because Miss Burden had been praying over him
(d) Because he is on a new medication

5. Why had Hightower originally come to town?
(a) To teach Sunday School
(b) To be the minister of the Presbyterian Church
(c) To lead the church choir
(d) To be the priest at the Catholic Church

Short Answer Questions

1. Christmas leaves the cabin taking with him _________________________.

2. What happens as Christmas comes to in Bobbie's room?

3. What does Miss Burden insist that Christmas do every day to prove his faithfulness?

4. The story transitions from an eight-year-old Christmas to Christmas at ___________________.

5. Why does Byron think that he and Hightower continue to lead such solitary lives?

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