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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Hightower learn when he returns to town?
(a) That Byron has admitted to murdering Miss Burden
(b) That Byron has stolen money from his Bible
(c) That Byron wants to see Christmas hanged
(d) That Byron has quit his job and left town without saying goodbye

2. How does Christmas escape the McEachern house one night?
(a) He shimmies down a rope hanging from his bedroom window.
(b) He pretends to go to school but runs away.
(c) He leaves when the McEacherns are at church.
(d) He hitches a ride to the nearby bus station.

3. How old is Miss Burden when she discovers him stealing food from her house?
(a) Fifty-three years old
(b) Thirty-years old
(c) Forty-one years old
(d) Twenty-five years old

4. Where does the stranger take Christmas?
(a) Jefferson
(b) Mottstown
(c) Memphis
(d) Chicago

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. McEachern bring Christmas after Mr. McEachern leaves?

2. Where does Mr. McEachern find Christmas and Bobbie that night?

3. What does Hightower understand when he hears the choir's songs emanating from his old church?

4. What does Christmas sell in order to buy a new suit?

5. What happens to Lena after she sneaks out of McKinley's house one night?

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