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

3. What do the townspeople want to do with Christmas?
(a) Give him a fair trial
(b) Increase his bail
(c) Free him
(d) Lynch him

4. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?
(a) That she respects his position in the community
(b) That she has never been to Jefferson before
(c) That Christmas is the bastard son of their deceased daughter, Milly
(d) That she would like to lead a choir someday

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

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

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

8. What does Hightower's grandfather wear during the Civil War?
(a) A business suit
(b) A minister's frock
(c) A plain pair of pants and simple shirt
(d) A foreign uniform

9. Why did Hightower's grandfather never visit his son's home?
(a) Because he could not leave his farm
(b) Because his son was an abolitionist
(c) Because he thought letters were sufficient
(d) Because the trip was too far

10. Of what does Hightower think his mother died?
(a) Malnutrition
(b) Cancer
(c) Heart trouble
(d) Diabetes

11. What does Byron Bunch tell Hightower he is going to do with the cabin on Miss Burden's property?
(a) Sell drugs
(b) Move Lena in so she can have her baby in peace
(c) Use it as a storeroom
(d) Expand the whiskey business

12. Instead of leaving town like the sheriff thinks he will do, what does Byron do that night?
(a) He stays with a friend.
(b) He finishes packing his household goods.
(c) He goes to the bar to say goodbye to his buddies.
(d) He hides outside the cabin and watches Brown arrive and then leave quickly by the back door.

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

14. What does Hightower learn when he returns to town?
(a) That Byron wants to see Christmas hanged
(b) That Byron has admitted to murdering Miss Burden
(c) That Byron has stolen money from his Bible
(d) That Byron has quit his job and left town without saying goodbye

15. What favor does Byron ask of Hightower?
(a) To consider practicing as a minister once again
(b) To talk to Christmas about the murder of Miss Burden
(c) To lend him enough money to leave town
(d) To bring his medical book to the cabin and deliver Lena's baby