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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 do with the waitress?
(a) They go to the movies.
(b) They go out drinking in another town.
(c) They sing in the church choir.
(d) They meet two nights a week to have sex.

2. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?
(a) Because the old couple has a contagious disease
(b) Because the man preaches to Negroes and acts crazy in public
(c) Because the old woman talks too much
(d) Because the old couple does not want to be bothered

3. Who does McKinley think is the father of Lena's baby?
(a) Mike Bowers
(b) Carlton Howard
(c) Lucas Burch
(d) Larry MacKenzie

4. Why does Christmas quit his job at the mill?
(a) He is bored with the work at the mill.
(b) He is leaving town.
(c) He got a better offer from another mill.
(d) He and Brown are partners in the whiskey business.

5. What does Christmas trade a black woman for when he is on the run?
(a) shoes
(b) food
(c) money
(d) a Bible

Short Answer Questions

1. A negro awakens the sheriff at his home to tell him that a white man has terrorized some black people ____________.

2. What do Christmas and Brown call work at the mill after they quit?

3. What name does the dietician call Christmas?

4. What are the men in the room discussing?

5. Why does Christmas feel that something powerful is taking over his body and something irreversible is about to happen?

(see the answer key)

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