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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 Christmas come to understand about women?
(a) They are basically the same no matter what their age.
(b) When they finally surrender completely, it is going to be in words.
(c) They are all very moody at times.
(d) Some are always going to be good and some are always going to be bad for you.

2. What do Christmas and Brown call work at the mill after they quit?
(a) "a real back breaker"
(b) "nigger's work"
(c) "too damn hard"
(d) "boring"

3. What does Christmas do as he stands underneath Miss Burden's bedroom window?
(a) He throws rocks at her window.
(b) He serenades her.
(c) He strips himself of the undergarment he wears.
(d) He yells obscenities at her.

4. What does Mrs. McEachern bring Christmas after Mr. McEachern leaves?
(a) A tray of food
(b) A Bible
(c) Some clean clothes
(d) Some hot chocolate

5. As Byron escorts Lena through the crowd in town talking about the fire, what does he not want Lena to hear?
(a) That Lucas Burch was murdered.
(b) That Joe Christmas was murdered.
(c) That Hightower was murdered.
(d) That Miss Burden was murdered

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christmas do when he asks the waitress out and she wants to return home because she has her monthly period?

2. How does Christmas escape the McEachern house one night?

3. What does Mr. McEachern see from his bedroom window one night?

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

5. Who is the man that Byron Bunch recalls as coming to work at the planing mill three years ago?

(see the answer key)

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