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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. At whose home does Lena spend the night?
(a) At the Holiday Inn
(b) Armstid and his wife, Martha's house
(c) At a rooming house
(d) At a bed and breakfast inn

3. Why does Byron think that he and Hightower continue to lead such solitary lives?
(a) Because they do not like team events.
(b) Because man is more afraid of change than of the troubles he already has experienced and those familiar to him.
(c) Because they have had disastrous experiences with women before.
(d) Because they have anti-social personalities

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

5. What do the other mill workers discover that Joe Christmas has been doing?
(a) Selling whiskey illegally
(b) Working the night shift
(c) Driving a cab
(d) Volunteering at the hospital

Short Answer Questions

1. How much time does Byron spend at the mill?

2. Who does McKinley think is the father of Lena's baby?

3. Where do Christmas and Brown live?

4. Why is Lena walking down the dusty road?

5. Why does Byron not tell Miss Burden about Christmas and Brown's illegal whiskey business?

(see the answer key)

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