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

2. What does Byron Bunch tell Hightower he is going to do with the cabin on Miss Burden's property?
(a) Move Lena in so she can have her baby in peace
(b) Expand the whiskey business
(c) Use it as a storeroom
(d) Sell drugs

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

4. Christmas finds that Miss Burden's behavior is like that of a what?
(a) preacher's wife
(b) whore
(c) virgin
(d) nymphomaniac

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Byron do when he returns to town?

2. Why did Hightower's grandfather never visit his son's home?

3. What does Hightower learn when he returns to town?

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

5. What does Hightower ask Lena to do when he returns to the cabin later that day?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Faulkner show that women are more realistic and more forgiving in this chapter?

2. What does Hightower finally realize as he sits at his window watching the fading light?

3. Explain this statement made by Christmas: "Whether they are seventeen or fortyseven, when they finally come to surrender completely, it's going to be in words."

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

5. The cries of Lena's newborn child are significant for Byron. Why?

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

7. Why do the Negroes of Mottstown support Mr. Hines who preaches white supremacy in Negro churches?

8. Why does Percy Grimm castrate Christmas while he is still alive?

9. What does Hightower mean when he says the fading afternoon light is audible?

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

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