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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. Who moves into the cabin with Christmas?
(a) Hightower
(b) Lukas Burch
(c) Byron Brown
(d) Lena Grove
2. Where does the stranger take Christmas?
(a) Mottstown
(b) Memphis
(c) Chicago
(d) Jefferson
3. What final horror is inflicted on Christmas before he dies?
(a) He is lynched.
(b) He must watch as his grandmother is stabbed.
(c) His throat is slashed.
(d) Percy Grimm castrates him.
4. What does Hightower understand when he hears the choir's songs emanating from his old church?
(a) That he does not like the new songs he hears
(b) That the organ desperately needs tuning
(c) That the songs are chosen for specific reasons
(d) That the townspeople plan on crucifying Christmas
5. 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.
Short Answer Questions
1. Why does Lena move into the cabin?
2. Where does Christmas get a job?
3. How do the authorities know where Christmas is hiding?
4. What does Miss Burden insist that Christmas do every day to prove his faithfulness?
5. Why does Brown tell Lena he cannot stay at the cabin?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Hines indirectly cause the death of Christmas, her grandson?
2. How does Christmas know that he has run far enough for now?
3. Why do the Negroes of Mottstown support Mr. Hines who preaches white supremacy in Negro churches?
4. The cries of Lena's newborn child are significant for Byron. Why?
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 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."
8. Why is Hightower so upset that Byron has asked for his help with the situations regarding Lena and Christmas?
9. What does Hightower finally realize as he sits at his window watching the fading light?
10. Why are the townspeople anxious to find Miss Burden's killer?
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