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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Mr. McEachern want Christmas to do?
(a) Chop more wood for the house
(b) Memorize his catechism studies
(c) Learn how to farm
(d) Become a better fisherman

2. What is Lena's hometown?
(a) Montgomery, Alabama
(b) Doane's Mill, Alabama
(c) Memphis, Tennessee
(d) Mobile, Alabama

3. Why is Joe ashamed when he places an order for pie and coffee?
(a) He does not have enough money.
(b) He is too young to drink coffee.
(c) He spills the coffee on his shirt.
(d) He stutters when he talks.

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

5. Why does Joe Christmas refrain from beating Joe Brown when he could have easily killed him the night in the cabin?
(a) Because Joe Brown overpowers Joe Christmas
(b) Because Joe Christmas does not have the heart of a killer
(c) Because Joe Brown is Joe Christmas' best friend
(d) Because Joe Christmas really wants to kill Miss Burden

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Byron tell Hightower has happened at the Burden house?

3. Why does Christmas quit his job at the mill?

4. What does Christmas do with the waitress?

5. When Christmas' position in the room is revealed, the dietician accuses him of __________.

(see the answer key)

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