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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christmas do as he stands underneath Miss Burden's bedroom window?
(a) He throws rocks at her window.
(b) He strips himself of the undergarment he wears.
(c) He serenades her.
(d) He yells obscenities at her.

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

3. Why do the townspeople virtually ignore Miss Burden?
(a) Because she associates with Negroes
(b) Because she never married
(c) Because she is more intelligent than any of them
(d) Because she is too eccentric

4. What does Christmas take from the McEachern house?
(a) Enough clean clothes for a long weekend
(b) Food for a long trip
(c) His Bible
(d) All the money that Mrs. McEachern has hidden

5. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?
(a) That Christmas is the bastard son of their deceased daughter, Milly
(b) That she respects his position in the community
(c) That she has never been to Jefferson before
(d) That she would like to lead a choir someday

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the townspeople eager for over Miss Burden's death?

2. What does Christmas do instead of having sex with the girl when it is his turn?

3. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?

4. Why does Christmas feel that something powerful is taking over his body and something irreversible is about to happen?

5. What name does the dietician call Christmas?

(see the answer key)

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