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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why had Hightower originally come to town?
(a) To lead the church choir
(b) To be the priest at the Catholic Church
(c) To teach Sunday School
(d) To be the minister of the Presbyterian Church

2. What does Christmas do when he returns to the spring?
(a) He writes in his diary.
(b) He picks some berries for a treat.
(c) He eats breakfast and reads his magazine cover-to-cover.
(d) He takes another nap.

3. What does Christmas do when he leaves the house?
(a) He runs and runs for fifteen years.
(b) He goes back home to ask for forgiveness.
(c) He goes to the sheriff's office to confess to killing McEachern.
(d) He asks his stepmother for more money.

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

5. What does Mame tuck into Christmas' pocket?
(a) A map
(b) A knife
(c) A gun
(d) A bank note

6. How much time does Byron spend at the mill?
(a) 40 hours
(b) Part-time hours
(c) Six days a week
(d) Whatever he feels like

7. What is Joe Christmas' biggest secret?
(a) He is a fugitive.
(b) He is a thief.
(c) He is a bastard.
(d) He is part Negro.

8. What do the townspeople do after Mrs. Hightower's death?
(a) They force Hightower to resign, lock him out of the church and give him momey to relocate.
(b) They send him on a much-needed vacation.
(c) They send him to a sanitorium,
(d) They tell him to get his act together.

9. Where does Mr. McEachern find Christmas and Bobbie that night?
(a) Parked in the woods
(b) At a bar in town
(c) At a dance at a schoolroom in the country
(d) At the justice of the peace office

10. What is Christmas' plan?
(a) He wants to run away with Bobbie and get married.
(b) He wants to apologize to his stepfather.
(c) He wants to get a job at the sawmill.
(d) He wants to go to college.

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

12. Where does Hightower now spend all his time?
(a) In seclusion at his home
(b) At the library
(c) Fishing
(d) In a bar

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

14. Who is Bobbie?
(a) Bobbie is a waitress Christmas meets at a rundown restaurant.
(b) Bobbie is the name Christmas gives his new heifer.
(c) Bobbie is the choir leader at church.
(d) Bobbie is Mrs. McEachern's sister.

15. Where is Christmas headed with his three friends?
(a) To the local bar
(b) To the river
(c) To the next town
(d) To a deserted sawmill

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Byron tell Hightower about Lena?

3. What happens when Mr. McEachern calls Bobbie a harlot?

4. What does Christmas do when he has no money to pay the answer to #112?

5. What happens as Christmas comes to in Bobbie's room?

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