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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christmas do with the alcohol in the tins?
(a) He drinks half and pours the rest on the ground.
(b) He pours it onto the ground.
(c) He drinks it all.
(d) He drinks half and saves the rest.

2. How do the townspeople know that Mrs. Hightower is on the verge of a breakdown?
(a) She has no interest in fundraising drives.
(b) She interrupts her husband's Sunday sermon by standing in the church aisle shrieking at him.
(c) She refuses to join in Bible study groups.
(d) She refuses to go to choir practice.

3. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?
(a) Sells whiskey
(b) Sees other women
(c) Takes art classes
(d) Sells drugs

4. Where is Christmas headed with his three friends?
(a) To the river
(b) To the next town
(c) To the local bar
(d) To a deserted sawmill

5. What do the townspeople do after Mrs. Hightower's death?
(a) They send him on a much-needed vacation.
(b) They tell him to get his act together.
(c) They send him to a sanitorium,
(d) They force Hightower to resign, lock him out of the church and give him momey to relocate.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Mr. McEachern punish Christmas in the stable

2. Who moves into the cabin with Christmas?

3. Why was Hightower fired from his ministry position?

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

5. What is in the six metal tins which Christmas digs up in a nearby ditch?

(see the answer key)

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