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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Hightower does not leave, who threatens him by beating him unconscious in the woods near his home?
(a) The Mafia
(b) The Ku Klux Klan
(c) A group of thugs
(d) The church elders

2. Who has been living in the cabin on the Burden property?
(a) Lena and Joe Brown
(b) Joe Christmas and Joe Brown
(c) Lena and Joe Christmas
(d) Lena and Lucas Burch

3. What does Hightower understand when he hears the choir's songs emanating from his old church?
(a) That he does not like the new songs he hears
(b) That the townspeople plan on crucifying Christmas
(c) That the songs are chosen for specific reasons
(d) That the organ desperately needs tuning

4. What happens to Lena after she sneaks out of McKinley's house one night?
(a) She goes roller skating.
(b) She goes to a dance.
(c) She studies with a friend.
(d) She gets pregnant.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Joe Brown accuse of murdering the answer to #42?

2. Christmas finds that Miss Burden's behavior is like that of a what?

3. Why is Joe ashamed when he places an order for pie and coffee?

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

5. What does Joe Brown do after the murder?

(see the answer key)

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