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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. 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

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

12. Why does Hightower think he let down the people of Jefferson?
(a) Because he was not a very good fund raiser
(b) Because he tried to support church leadership instead of tending to the spiritual needs of the people.
(c) Because he was not very high up in his class at the seminary
(d) Because he wanted to allow Negroes to attend services

13. 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

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

15. What happens after Byron approaches Brown near the railroad tracks?
(a) The two men struggle and Byron falls onto the train tracks.
(b) Byron pays Brown to leave town.
(c) The two men struggle and Brown leaps onto a passing train.
(d) Brown agrees to return to town and marry Lena.