Light in August Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Light in August Quiz | Eight Week Quiz A

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 136 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How much time does Byron spend at the mill?
(a) Six days a week
(b) 40 hours
(c) Part-time hours
(d) Whatever he feels like

2. When Hightower does not leave, who threatens him by beating him unconscious in the woods near his home?
(a) The Mafia
(b) The church elders
(c) The Ku Klux Klan
(d) A group of thugs

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

4. What do the townspeople do after Mrs. Hightower's death?
(a) They force Hightower to resign, lock him out of the church and give him momey to relocate.
(b) They tell him to get his act together.
(c) They send him to a sanitorium,
(d) They send him on a much-needed vacation.

5. Who did Lena live with in Doane's Mill?
(a) Her parents
(b) Her older brother
(c) Her godparents
(d) Her best friend

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the other man who shows up unexpectedly at the mill for a job?

2. Why was Hightower fired from his ministry position?

3. Who is the man that Byron Bunch recalls as coming to work at the planing mill three years ago?

4. Why is Lena walking down the dusty road?

5. How much older than Lena is McKinley?

(see the answer key)

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