View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Who makes plans to adopt Christmas and take him away from the orphanage?
(a) The janitor
(b) Rev. Hightower
(c) Mr. and Mrs. McEachern
(d) Miss Burden

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 leaves the cabin taking with him _________________________.

2. Why does Christmas decide to sleep in the stables instead of the cabin?

3. How do the townspeople know that Mrs. Hightower is on the verge of a breakdown?

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

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

(see the answer key)

This section contains 331 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample