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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Christmas quit his job at the mill?
(a) He and Brown are partners in the whiskey business.
(b) He got a better offer from another mill.
(c) He is bored with the work at the mill.
(d) He is leaving town.

2. Why had Hightower originally come to town?
(a) To be the priest at the Catholic Church
(b) To be the minister of the Presbyterian Church
(c) To lead the church choir
(d) To teach Sunday School

3. What happens to Lena after she sneaks out of McKinley's house one night?
(a) She studies with a friend.
(b) She goes to a dance.
(c) She goes roller skating.
(d) She gets pregnant.

4. Who befriends Hightower after twenty years of his seclusion?
(a) Byron Bunch
(b) Lena Grove
(c) Miss Atkins
(d) Joe Christmas

5. Who is the man that Byron Bunch recalls as coming to work at the planing mill three years ago?
(a) Joe Louis
(b) Joe Kennedy
(c) Joe Miller
(d) Joe Christmas

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Hightower wanted to come to Jefferson originally?

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

3. Where did Mrs. Hightower go on Saturday nights?

4. Why was Hightower fired from his ministry position?

5. What do the townspeople do after Mrs. Hightower's death?

(see the answer key)

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