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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Mr. McEachern then go to church?
(a) To set up the hymnals for the next day's services
(b) To ask God to rid him of the burden of Christmas.
(c) To ask God for help in raising Christmas
(d) To expiate his sins

2. Byron tells Hightower that a ______________ discovered the fire at the Burden place yesterday morning.
(a) lawyer
(b) doctor
(c) traveling salesman
(d) countryman

3. Who does Joe Brown accuse of murdering the answer to #42?
(a) Joe Christmas
(b) Lena Grove
(c) Lucas Burch
(d) Hightower

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Hightower fired from his ministry position?

2. What is the intention of the four boys?

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

4. Why had Hightower originally come to town?

5. Where did Mrs. Hightower go on Saturday nights?

(see the answer key)

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