2. Why does Byron not tell Miss Burden about Christmas and Brown's illegal whiskey business?
(a) Because she is an abolitionist
(b) Because Byron does not like Miss Burden
(c) Because she approves of the whiskey sales
(d) Because it is none of her business

3. Why is Joe ashamed when he places an order for pie and coffee?
(a) He stutters when he talks.
(b) He is too young to drink coffee.
(c) He spills the coffee on his shirt.
(d) He does not have enough money.

4. What does Bobbie call Christmas?
(a) A nigger
(b) A fraud
(c) A liability
(d) A juvenile

5. Whose services does Christmas use many times over the years?
(a) Dry cleaners
(b) Prositutes
(c) Electricians
(d) Plumbers

Short Answer Questions

1. As Byron escorts Lena through the crowd in town talking about the fire, what does he not want Lena to hear?

2. What does Mr. McEachern want Christmas to do?

3. Byron takes Lena to a _______________ so she can spend the night.

4. When Hightower does not leave, who threatens him by beating him unconscious in the woods near his home?

5. Who does Byron fall in love with at first sight?

Short Essay Questions

1. What revelations does Brown share when he shows up in town after the murder?

2. Why does Christmas lose control when he sees Bobbie with another man?

3. What drives Lena to keep moving on her quest?

4. Who does the dietician turn to in her plans to ruin Christmas?

5. Two men give Lena a ride in their wagon but one of them is especially concerned about what people might say. What misgivings do the men have about the situation?

6. What is the irony of McEachern beating Christmas for not memorizing his catechism lesson?

7. Why does Byron regret telling Lena that the man in town named Joe Brown is the man she knows as Lucas Burch?

8. Why does Christmas wish that McEachern would discover his absence in the house this night and try to stop him?

9. Why is McEachern's death symbolic in this chapter?

10. What internal conflict does Christmas begin to experience this night?

(see the answer keys)

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