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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. How many days pass before Christmas is returned to the orphanage?
(a) 3
(b) 7
(c) 2
(d) 5

4. What item in the dietician's bathroom at the orphanage fascinates the five-year-old Christmas?
(a) Makeup
(b) Talcum powder
(c) Perfume
(d) Pink toothpaste

5. What is in the six metal tins which Christmas digs up in a nearby ditch?
(a) gin
(b) whiskey
(c) vodka
(d) rum

Short Answer Questions

1. When Christmas' position in the room is revealed, the dietician accuses him of __________.

2. Why does Christmas quit his job at the mill?

3. What does Christmas do after he awakens?

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

5. What does Hightower do to supplement his monthly inheritance since he lost his position at the church twenty-five years ago?

(see the answer key)

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