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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christmas come to understand about women?
(a) They are all very moody at times.
(b) They are basically the same no matter what their age.
(c) When they finally surrender completely, it is going to be in words.
(d) Some are always going to be good and some are always going to be bad for you.

2. A negro awakens the sheriff at his home to tell him that a white man has terrorized some black people ____________.
(a) at a bus station
(b) at a restaurant
(c) at church
(d) at the sawmill

3. Of what does Hightower accuse Byron of doing?
(a) Hiding the whereabouts of Lena's former lover
(b) Running bootleg whiskey with Christmas
(c) Initiating an inappropriate relationship with the pregnant Lena
(d) Selling out Christmas to help his pregnant girlfriend's lover get the thousand-dollar reward

4. What does the old man do when he hears that Christmas has killed a white woman?
(a) He offers him refuge in his home.
(b) He visits Christmas in jail.
(c) He provides bail.
(d) He beats him with a stick.

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

6. Where is Christmas finally able to relax and sleep?
(a) In the wagon of a stranger
(b) In an old cabin
(c) In a ditch
(d) In an abandoned mine

7. How is Christmas killed?
(a) Christmas tries to protect Hightower and steps in front of the bullets.
(b) Grimm empties his revolver at Christmas who is hiding behind an overturned table.
(c) Grimm shoots Christmas as he tries to surrender.
(d) Grimm's men all open fire through the windows of the building.

8. What does Miss Burden insist that Christmas do every day to prove his faithfulness?
(a) Pick her some flowers
(b) Write her a poem
(c) Check for a love letter in a hollow tree
(d) Bring her chocolates

9. How old is Miss Burden when she discovers him stealing food from her house?
(a) Fifty-three years old
(b) Twenty-five years old
(c) Forty-one years old
(d) Thirty-years old

10. Why does Lena move into the cabin?
(a) She thinks it is Lucas Burch's house.
(b) Her baby is due soon and she wants to give her child a home.
(c) She does not want to return home.
(d) She is tired and needs a place to rest.

11. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?
(a) Because the old woman talks too much
(b) Because the old couple does not want to be bothered
(c) Because the old couple has a contagious disease
(d) Because the man preaches to Negroes and acts crazy in public

12. Who do the townspeople think inspired Christmas to attempt an escape?
(a) Hightower
(b) Mrs. Hines
(c) Byron
(d) Lena

13. What happens to Hightower after the delivery of the baby?
(a) He collapses in exhaustion.
(b) He feels better about himself than he has in a long time.
(c) He drops the baby on the floor.
(d) He fights with Byron for bringing him into this situation.

14. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?
(a) Sells whiskey
(b) Takes art classes
(c) Sells drugs
(d) Sees other women

15. What does Joe Brown do after the murder?
(a) He admits to killing Miss Burden.
(b) He shows up in town, idenitifies Christmas as the murderer and claims the reward.
(c) He tries to get word to Christmas that the sheriff is looking for him.
(d) He runs away from town as fast as he can.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?

2. What final horror is inflicted on Christmas before he dies?

3. What does Hightower learn when he returns to town?

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

5. How much is the reward for the apprehension of Miss Burden's murderer?

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