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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What do the townspeople want to do with Christmas?
(a) Increase his bail
(b) Give him a fair trial
(c) Lynch him
(d) Free him

5. 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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Christmas get a job?

2. What happens after Byron approaches Brown near the railroad tracks?

3. What does the sheriff tell Byron he will do?

4. How does Milly Hines die?

5. What does the old woman instinctively know about Christmas without even seeing him?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Byron force an encounter with Brown after Brown flees from Lena in the cabin?

2. How does Christmas know that he has run far enough for now?

3. New life has significance in more than one way in this chapter. Explain.

4. Other than the fact that he is a good person, why does Hightower feel the need to help Christmas?

5. Why does Christmas feel he will be safe at Miss Burden's place?

6. Why does Christmas refuse to marry Miss Burden and raise a family?

7. Explain why Christmas' arrival in the town of Mottstown means that he has come full circle in his life.

8. As Christmas runs to avoid the law, he stops at a cabin and trades shoes with a Negro woman. What is the significance of the traded shoes?

9. Why is Hightower so upset that Byron has asked for his help with the situations regarding Lena and Christmas?

10. How does Mrs. Hines indirectly cause the death of Christmas, her grandson?

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