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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Bobbie do that lets Christmas know that she does not want to marry him?
(a) She slams a door in his face.
(b) She refuses to pack her clothes.
(c) She tells him that she enjoys being a whore.
(d) She throws away his money and screams at him.

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

4. The baby's first cry also has a strong emotional release for Byron. Why?
(a) Byron's former wife had died during childbirth.
(b) He knows that he has no way of repaying Hightower for his kindness.
(c) He realizes that he has been in denial that Lena has borne another man's child.
(d) The child will be another bastard born in a difficult time in the South.

5. Mr. McEachern tells Christmas that the name "Christmas" is _________ and the boy will be called McEachern.
(a) too holiday-sounding
(b) Christian
(c) too seasonal
(d) heathen

Short Answer Questions

1. Why had Hightower wanted to come to Jefferson originally?

2. Who tries to prevent the answer to #46 from entering the house to check for survivors?

3. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?

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

5. Why is Christmas shocked when he arrives at Bobbie's?

(see the answer key)

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