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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the man that Byron Bunch recalls as coming to work at the planing mill three years ago?
(a) Joe Kennedy
(b) Joe Louis
(c) Joe Christmas
(d) Joe Miller

2. Why does Byron not tell Lena that Joe Brown is actually Lucas Burch?
(a) Because he wants Lena to stop poking around in things that are not her business.
(b) Because he wants her to like him.
(c) Because he does not want her making a fool of herself in front of the whole town.
(d) Because he wants Lena to return home.

3. This chapter goes back in time to provide the reader with information about events. This technique is called _________________.
(a) timeline redux
(b) flashback
(c) chronological manipulation
(d) plot reversal

4. Mr. McEachern tells Christmas that the name "Christmas" is _________ and the boy will be called McEachern.
(a) too seasonal
(b) heathen
(c) too holiday-sounding
(d) Christian

5. In the morning, Christmas returns to the cabin and dresses in _____________________.
(a) suit pants, white shirt and bow tie
(b) formal suit and suspenders
(c) sweats
(d) t-shirt and jeans

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How did Mrs. Hightower die?

3. Who is the other man who shows up unexpectedly at the mill for a job?

4. What does Christmas do after he awakens?

5. Where do Christmas and Brown live?

(see the answer key)

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