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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?
(a) A meal in the kitchen
(b) A to-do list
(c) A Bible lesson
(d) A paycheck

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

4. What does Brown give to the Negro boy in the woods?
(a) A note asking for the reward money to be brought to Brown in the woods
(b) The threat of a beating if the boy tells about Brown's location
(c) A harmonica to play so he will not be scared in the dark woods
(d) A piece of candy he had in his pocket

5. What does the sheriff tell Byron he will do?
(a) Give Byron a ride to the train station
(b) Send Joe Brown/Lucas Burch to the cabin that night
(c) Provide extra protection for Lena in the cabin
(d) Let Byron talk to Christmas about the murder

6. How do the authorities know where Christmas is hiding?
(a) He is seen running to his hiding place.
(b) Christmas gives himself up.
(c) Some nosy neighbors call the police.
(d) Jim Brown tells out of vengeance.

7. The sheriff has his men beat a Negro so that he will them what?
(a) That Miss Burden had a lot of enemies
(b) That Christmas and Brown lived in the cabin
(c) That no one would ever hurt Miss Burden
(d) That Miss Burden was crazy

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

9. What happens after Miss Burden opens up about her family history?
(a) Miss Burden asks Christmas to marry her.
(b) Christmas makes fun of the woman's version of history.
(c) Christmas gets bored with Miss Burden's cloying presence.
(d) She lets Christmas eat in the kitchen and meet her in her bedroom later.

10. Why do the townspeople virtually ignore Miss Burden?
(a) Because she never married
(b) Because she is too eccentric
(c) Because she is more intelligent than any of them
(d) Because she associates with Negroes

11. What are the townspeople eager for over Miss Burden's death?
(a) the process of justice
(b) vengeance
(c) a conviction
(d) a suspect

12. Who is the National Guard soldier who stakes out Christmas with his troops?
(a) Calvin Burden
(b) Lucas Burch
(c) Percy Grimm
(d) Joe Brown

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

14. How much is the reward for the apprehension of Miss Burden's murderer?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars
(b) A thousand dollars
(c) Five thousand dollars
(d) Twenty thousand dollars

15. Why does Brown tell Lena he cannot stay at the cabin?
(a) He has plans with some friends in town.
(b) He does not think the child is his.
(c) He does not love her anymore.
(d) He is very busy with securing the reward funds.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?

2. What does Hightower ask Lena to do when he returns to the cabin later that day?

3. A negro awakens the sheriff at his home to tell him that a white man has terrorized some black people ____________.

4. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?

5. Where does the stranger take Christmas?

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