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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hightower do to supplement his monthly inheritance since he lost his position at the church twenty-five years ago?
(a) He is a writer.
(b) He provides artistic services.
(c) He has a landscaping business.
(d) He does people's taxes.

2. Where do Christmas and Brown live?
(a) In a studio apartment
(b) In a rented house
(c) In the cabin on Miss Burden's property
(d) In a hotel

3. Byron takes Lena to a _______________ so she can spend the night.
(a) hostel
(b) hotel
(c) bed and breakfast
(d) boardinghouse

4. What does Christmas do after he awakens?
(a) He writes some letters that he has been been delaying.
(b) He decides to just spend the day daydreaming at the stream.
(c) He cooks the fish he has caught.
(d) He goes to a small store nearby to buy food for breakfast.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does Byron not tell Miss Burden about Christmas and Brown's illegal whiskey business?

3. What is Joe Christmas' biggest secret?

4. Why does Joe Christmas refrain from beating Joe Brown when he could have easily killed him the night in the cabin?

5. Where does Hightower now spend all his time?

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