2. Why does Byron not tell Miss Burden about Christmas and Brown's illegal whiskey business?
(a) Because Byron does not like Miss Burden
(b) Because she approves of the whiskey sales
(c) Because she is an abolitionist
(d) Because it is none of her business

3. Who does Byron fall in love with at first sight?
(a) The bank teller
(b) The choir director
(c) Lena
(d) Miss Burden

4. Who is the man that Byron Bunch recalls as coming to work at the planing mill three years ago?
(a) Joe Louis
(b) Joe Christmas
(c) Joe Miller
(d) Joe Kennedy

5. Byron takes Lena to a _______________ so she can spend the night.
(a) hotel
(b) bed and breakfast
(c) hostel
(d) boardinghouse

6. What name does the dietician call Christmas?
(a) little rascal
(b) stupid brat
(c) nigger bastard
(d) filthy bastard

7. Christmas is out late with his friends despite the fact that he knows that McEachern will punish him when he gets home. How will Christmas be punished?
(a) McEachern will verbally abuse him.
(b) McEachern will beat him.
(c) McEachern will take away his allowance.
(d) McEachern will ground him.

8. What happens one day when Christmas is taking some of the answer to #61?
(a) Christmas falls asleep.
(b) Christmas soils his clothes.
(c) The dietician and her lover enter her room for an amorous encounter.
(d) Christmas breaks a valuable keepsake.

9. Why does Christmas feel that something powerful is taking over his body and something irreversible is about to happen?
(a) Because he is on a new medication
(b) Because he is drunk
(c) Because Miss Burden had been praying over him
(d) Because he has a violent temper

10. Who is Christmas meeting on this night?
(a) His real father
(b) His drug dealer
(c) His best friend
(d) His girlfriend

11. What topic about girls do Christmas' friends tell him about which he finds very repugnant?
(a) PMS
(b) Going steady
(c) Menstruation
(d) Cliques

12. What does Mr. McEachern make Christmas do later in the day after the punishment?
(a) He makes Christmas vow that he will do better.
(b) He makes Christmas kneel on the floor by his bed to pray.
(c) He makes Christmas stay in his room for the rest of the weekend.
(d) He makes Christmas apologize.

13. Who tries to prevent the answer to #46 from entering the house to check for survivors?
(a) A sheriff's deputy
(b) A neighbor
(c) A policeman
(d) A drunken man

14. Why is Christmas attracted to the waitress?
(a) She is small and all the men seem to like her.
(b) She has a great smile.
(c) She has a good sense of humor.
(d) She gives him extra marshmallows for his cocoa.

15. What does Hightower do to supplement his monthly inheritance since he lost his position at the church twenty-five years ago?
(a) He does people's taxes.
(b) He provides artistic services.
(c) He has a landscaping business.
(d) He is a writer.