Light in August Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Light in August Quiz | Two Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Mrs. Hightower die?
(a) She either fell or jumped from a Memphis hotel room.
(b) She was in a car accident.
(c) She had a heart attack.
(d) She took an overdose of sleeping pills.

2. When Hightower does not leave, who threatens him by beating him unconscious in the woods near his home?
(a) A group of thugs
(b) The Ku Klux Klan
(c) The church elders
(d) The Mafia

3. What does Christmas do when he has no money to pay the answer to #112?
(a) He tells them he is of Negro blood and they chase him away with no thought of payment.
(b) They tell him that they will take a check.
(c) They tell him to use a credit card.
(d) They call the authorities on him.

4. What does Mrs. McEachern bring Christmas after Mr. McEachern leaves?
(a) Some clean clothes
(b) A Bible
(c) A tray of food
(d) Some hot chocolate

5. Where did Mrs. Hightower go on Saturday nights?
(a) Memphis
(b) Shopping
(c) Out to dinner
(d) Choir practice

Short Answer Questions

1. Christmas walks into the woods and reaches a point by a small stream where he ___________________.

2. Who befriends Hightower after twenty years of his seclusion?

3. What happens after Miss Burden opens up about her family history?

4. In the morning, Christmas returns to the cabin and dresses in _____________________.

5. What does Mame tuck into Christmas' pocket?

(see the answer key)

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