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

3. The baby's first cry also has a strong emotional release for Byron. Why?
(a) Byron's former wife had died during childbirth.
(b) He realizes that he has been in denial that Lena has borne another man's child.
(c) He knows that he has no way of repaying Hightower for his kindness.
(d) The child will be another bastard born in a difficult time in the South.

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

5. Who moves into the cabin with Christmas?
(a) Byron Brown
(b) Lukas Burch
(c) Hightower
(d) Lena Grove

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

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

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

9. Why does Lena move into the cabin?
(a) She does not want to return home.
(b) She thinks it is Lucas Burch's house.
(c) She is tired and needs a place to rest.
(d) Her baby is due soon and she wants to give her child a home.

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

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

12. What does Miss Burden insist that Christmas do every day to prove his faithfulness?
(a) Bring her chocolates
(b) Check for a love letter in a hollow tree
(c) Write her a poem
(d) Pick her some flowers

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

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

15. What does Brown give to the Negro boy in the woods?
(a) A note asking for the reward money to be brought to Brown in the woods
(b) The threat of a beating if the boy tells about Brown's location
(c) A harmonica to play so he will not be scared in the dark woods
(d) A piece of candy he had in his pocket