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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?
(a) A meal in the kitchen
(b) A to-do list
(c) A paycheck
(d) A Bible lesson

2. Who do the townspeople think inspired Christmas to attempt an escape?
(a) Lena
(b) Byron
(c) Mrs. Hines
(d) Hightower

3. What does Brown give to the Negro boy in the woods?
(a) The threat of a beating if the boy tells about Brown's location
(b) A note asking for the reward money to be brought to Brown in the woods
(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

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

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

6. How does the relationship between Christmas and Miss Burden evolve?
(a) They become lovers.
(b) The friendship cools off after a year.
(c) He becomes the manager of her farm.
(d) They become best friends.

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

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

9. How much is the reward for the apprehension of Miss Burden's murderer?
(a) Fifty thousand dollars
(b) Five thousand dollars
(c) Twenty thousand dollars
(d) A thousand dollars

10. What final horror is inflicted on Christmas before he dies?
(a) Percy Grimm castrates him.
(b) He is lynched.
(c) He must watch as his grandmother is stabbed.
(d) His throat is slashed.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How has Hightower always perceived his parents?

2. What does Joe Brown do after the murder?

3. How is Christmas killed?

4. The sheriff has his men beat a Negro so that he will them what?

5. Why does Byron need Hightower to get involved with Christmas' plight?

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