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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Byron fall in love with at first sight?
(a) Lena
(b) The bank teller
(c) Miss Burden
(d) The choir director

2. 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?
(a) Brown
(b) Former minister Hightower
(c) Christmas
(d) Lucas Burch

3. Where do Christmas and Brown live?
(a) In a rented house
(b) In a hotel
(c) In the cabin on Miss Burden's property
(d) In a studio apartment

4. How much older than Lena is McKinley?
(a) 20 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 13 years
(d) 7 years

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 does people's taxes.
(d) He provides artistic services.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christmas walks into the woods and reaches a point by a small stream where he ___________________.

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

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

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

5. What is the demeanor of the answer to #13?

(see the answer key)

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