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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why was Hightower fired from his ministry position?
(a) Because he was not technically savvy
(b) Because of the scandal caused by his wife
(c) Because he lacked the proper credentials
(d) Because he took too many vacations

2. Why does Christmas decide to sleep in the stables instead of the cabin?
(a) Because his horse is about to give birth
(b) Because it is too hot in the cabin
(c) Because he wants to smell the horses which are masculine
(d) Because he has a new horse and wants to stay close to him

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

4. What does Christmas do when he returns to the spring?
(a) He picks some berries for a treat.
(b) He eats breakfast and reads his magazine cover-to-cover.
(c) He takes another nap.
(d) He writes in his diary.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Lena walking down the dusty road?

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

3. What does Byron tell Hightower about Lena?

4. Why had Hightower originally come to town?

5. Why does Joe Christmas refrain from beating Joe Brown when he could have easily killed him the night in the cabin?

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