2. Why will Lena not accept Byron's marriage proposal?
(a) Because Byron does not make enough money to support her
(b) Because Byron is sexually unattractive to her
(c) Because she has not seen Joe Brown/Lucas Burch yet
(d) Because Byron is of a different religious belief

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

4. Christmas finds that Miss Burden's behavior is like that of a what?
(a) whore
(b) preacher's wife
(c) nymphomaniac
(d) virgin

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

6. What does Hightower ask Lena to do when he returns to the cabin later that day?
(a) To name the baby after him
(b) To not force Byron to stay with her because she has another man's child
(c) To marry Byron so the baby will have a father in his life
(d) To let him be the godfather of the new baby

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

8. What does Christmas trade a black woman for when he is on the run?
(a) shoes
(b) a Bible
(c) money
(d) food

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

10. 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 quit his job and left town without saying goodbye
(d) That Byron has stolen money from his Bible

11. 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 bring his medical book to the cabin and deliver Lena's baby
(d) To lend him enough money to leave town

12. What does the deputy tell the sheriff about Lena?
(a) That Lena is nothing but a troublemaker and should be run out of town.
(b) That Joe Brown is also Lucas Burch and the father of Lena's unborn child.
(c) That Lucas Burch is trying to find Lena.
(d) That Lena has asked the deputy to help her find Lucas Burch.

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

14. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?
(a) Lucas Burch
(b) Mr. and Mrs. Gould
(c) Mr. and Mrs. Hines
(d) Lena's parents

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