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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 17.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why does Lena move into the cabin?
(a) She does not want to return home.
(b) She thinks it is Lucas Burch's house.
(c) She is tired and needs a place to rest.
(d) Her baby is due soon and she wants to give her child a home.

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

4. What does Christmas do with the answer to #77?
(a) He accepts the gesture from Mrs. McEachern.
(b) He makes her set it outside the door.
(c) He refuses the offering.
(d) He throws it on the floor.

5. Christmas walks into the woods and reaches a point by a small stream where he ___________________.
(a) whittles for awhile
(b) goes fishing
(c) builds a fire and takes a nap
(d) goes swimming

Short Answer Questions

1. What favor does Byron ask of Hightower?

2. Byron tells Hightower that a ______________ discovered the fire at the Burden place yesterday morning.

3. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?

4. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?

5. Who is Christmas meeting on this night?

(see the answer key)

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