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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 send him on a much-needed vacation.
(c) They send him to a sanitorium,
(d) They tell him to get his act together.

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

3. Christmas leaves the cabin taking with him _________________________.
(a) all the spare cash he can find
(b) a list of errands he has to accomplish today
(c) some letters he has to mail
(d) a girlie/gun magazine, razor, shaving brush and shaving soap

4. What does Byron tell Hightower about Lena?
(a) That he told her that she is just looking for trouble by looking for Lucas Burch.
(b) That he told her that she should go back home.
(c) That he told Lena that Joe Brown is the Lucas Burch she seeks.
(d) That he told her that there is no one in town that fits the description of Lucas Burch.

5. Where did Mrs. Hightower go on Saturday nights?
(a) Out to dinner
(b) Shopping
(c) Memphis
(d) Choir practice

Short Answer Questions

1. This chapter goes back in time to provide the reader with information about events. This technique is called _________________.

2. What is in the six metal tins which Christmas digs up in a nearby ditch?

3. What happens to Lena after she sneaks out of McKinley's house one night?

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

5. Byron takes Lena to a _______________ so she can spend the night.

(see the answer key)

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