2. 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 collapses in exhaustion.
(c) He fights with Byron for bringing him into this situation.
(d) He drops the baby on the floor.

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

4. What does the old man holler out while waiting on the train to Jefferson?
(a) Saints be praised!
(b) Hell won't have this mess!
(c) Bitchery and abomination!
(d) Hellfire and brimstone!

5. Where does the stranger take Christmas?
(a) Mottstown
(b) Jefferson
(c) Chicago
(d) Memphis

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

7. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?
(a) Because Hightower is Christmas' gay lover
(b) Because Hightower is also a lawyer
(c) Because Hightower is still a man of God
(d) Because Hightower knows people in high places

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

9. Where does Christmas get a job?
(a) At the planing mill
(b) At the dry goods store
(c) At the bus station
(d) At the gas station

10. To where does Miss Burden make arrangements for Christmas to go?
(a) Florida for a vacation
(b) Back to Chicago
(c) Auto mechanic school
(d) A negro college

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

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

13. What does the old woman instinctively know about Christmas without even seeing him?
(a) That he is a murderer
(b) That he will be hanged for his crime
(c) That he is their grandson
(d) That he is not capable of murder

14. 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.

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