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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Why does Joe Christmas refrain from beating Joe Brown when he could have easily killed him the night in the cabin?
(a) Because Joe Christmas does not have the heart of a killer
(b) Because Joe Brown overpowers Joe Christmas
(c) Because Joe Christmas really wants to kill Miss Burden
(d) Because Joe Brown is Joe Christmas' best friend
2. Who tries to prevent the answer to #46 from entering the house to check for survivors?
(a) A policeman
(b) A sheriff's deputy
(c) A neighbor
(d) A drunken man
3. How does Christmas realize that racial prejudice is not as strong in the north as it is in the south?
(a) He can sit wherever he wants to in northern restaurants.
(b) It is easier for him to get a job in the north.
(c) He gets his first apartment in the north.
(d) A prositute still wants her money even after he tells her he has Negro blood.
4. How much time does Byron spend at the mill?
(a) Whatever he feels like
(b) Part-time hours
(c) 40 hours
(d) Six days a week
5. What does Hightower do to supplement his monthly inheritance since he lost his position at the church twenty-five years ago?
(a) He has a landscaping business.
(b) He is a writer.
(c) He provides artistic services.
(d) He does people's taxes.
Short Answer Questions
1. Mr. McEachern tells Christmas that the name "Christmas" is _________ and the boy will be called McEachern.
2. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?
3. Why do the townspeople think Joe Christmas has committed the murder of Miss Burden?
4. This chapter goes back in time to provide the reader with information about events. This technique is called _________________.
5. Who is the only one who knows that Byron drives all night on Saturdays in order to conduct the choir at a distant country church and then drive home in time to go to work on Mondays?
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