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

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

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

4. What favor does Byron ask of Hightower?
(a) To talk to Christmas about the murder of Miss Burden
(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 lend him enough money to leave town

5. How old is Miss Burden when she discovers him stealing food from her house?
(a) Fifty-three years old
(b) Forty-one years old
(c) Thirty-years old
(d) Twenty-five years old

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

7. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?
(a) Because the old woman talks too much
(b) Because the old couple has a contagious disease
(c) Because the old couple does not want to be bothered
(d) Because the man preaches to Negroes and acts crazy in public

8. How does Milly Hines die?
(a) In a car accident
(b) By taking sleeping pills
(c) Giving birth to Christmas
(d) In a house fire

9. 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 had a lot of enemies
(c) That Miss Burden was crazy
(d) That no one would ever hurt Miss Burden

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

11. 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

12. What does Hightower learn when he returns to town?
(a) That Byron has stolen money from his Bible
(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 wants to see Christmas hanged

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Of what does Hightower think his mother died?

2. To where does Miss Burden make arrangements for Christmas to go?

3. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?

4. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?

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

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