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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Miss Burden when she discovers him stealing food from her house?
(a) Forty-one years old
(b) Thirty-years old
(c) Twenty-five years old
(d) Fifty-three years old

2. The baby's first cry also has a strong emotional release for Byron. Why?
(a) He knows that he has no way of repaying Hightower for his kindness.
(b) He realizes that he has been in denial that Lena has borne another man's child.
(c) Byron's former wife had died during childbirth.
(d) The child will be another bastard born in a difficult time in the South.

3. What does Byron do when he returns to town?
(a) Donates all his money to the church
(b) Buys a new suit
(c) Takes all his money out of the bank
(d) Tells his landlady that he is moving

4. Why will Lena not accept Byron's marriage proposal?
(a) Because Byron is sexually unattractive to her
(b) Because Byron does not make enough money to support her
(c) Because she has not seen Joe Brown/Lucas Burch yet
(d) Because Byron is of a different religious belief

5. What does the answer to #46 discover when he finds Miss Burden?
(a) That she has been burned almost beyond recognition
(b) That her head has been almost severed from her body
(c) That she is still alive
(d) That she is incoherent

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the sheriff tell Byron he will do?

2. Where do Christmas and Brown live?

3. What name does the dietician call Christmas?

4. Who moves into the cabin with Christmas?

5. Byron takes Lena to a _______________ so she can spend the night.

(see the answer key)

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