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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the morning, Christmas returns to the cabin and dresses in _____________________.
(a) formal suit and suspenders
(b) suit pants, white shirt and bow tie
(c) t-shirt and jeans
(d) sweats

3. What is in the six metal tins which Christmas digs up in a nearby ditch?
(a) gin
(b) vodka
(c) rum
(d) whiskey

4. Who does McKinley think is the father of Lena's baby?
(a) Mike Bowers
(b) Lucas Burch
(c) Carlton Howard
(d) Larry MacKenzie

5. Why is Lena walking down the dusty road?
(a) She is taking a short cut.
(b) She likes to take walks.
(c) She is looking for the father of her child.
(d) She is lost.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the other mill workers discover that Joe Christmas has been doing?

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

3. Who did Lena live with in Doane's Mill?

4. Why had Hightower originally come to town?

5. Why do the two men in the wagon, Armstid and Winterbottom, give Lena a ride?

(see the answer key)

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