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

2. What is the name of the old couple who lives in Mottstown?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Hines
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Bowden
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Walker

3. To where does Miss Burden make arrangements for Christmas to go?
(a) Florida for a vacation
(b) A negro college
(c) Auto mechanic school
(d) Back to Chicago

4. What does Byron tell Hightower about Lena?
(a) That he told her that she should go back home.
(b) That he told her that she is just looking for trouble by looking for Lucas Burch.
(c) That he told Lena that Joe Brown is the Lucas Burch she seeks.
(d) That he told her that there is no one in town that fits the description of Lucas Burch.

5. The story transitions from an eight-year-old Christmas to Christmas at ___________________.
(a) fourteen-years-old
(b) eighteen-years-old
(c) ten-years-old
(d) twenty-years-old

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Bobbie do that lets Christmas know that she does not want to marry him?

2. What does Christmas do when he earns some more money?

3. What does Joe Brown do after the murder?

4. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?

5. When Hightower does not leave, who threatens him by beating him unconscious in the woods near his home?

(see the answer key)

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