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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

3. 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

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

5. What does Byron do when he returns to town?
(a) Tells his landlady that he is moving
(b) Buys a new suit
(c) Takes all his money out of the bank
(d) Donates all his money to the church

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

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

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

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

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

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

12. Why does Lena move into the cabin?
(a) She is tired and needs a place to rest.
(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 thinks it is Lucas Burch's house.

13. What does Christmas eat while on the run?
(a) berries
(b) rotten fruit and hard corn
(c) cheese and bread
(d) nuts

14. How does the fading afternoon light seem to Hightower?
(a) audible
(b) sad
(c) sentimental
(d) rosy

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who do the townspeople think inspired Christmas to attempt an escape?

2. What does Byron Bunch tell Hightower he is going to do with the cabin on Miss Burden's property?

3. How does Milly Hines die?

4. Why does Hightower think he let down the people of Jefferson?

5. Where does Christmas get a job?

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