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

2. To where does Miss Burden make arrangements for Christmas to go?
(a) Auto mechanic school
(b) Back to Chicago
(c) A negro college
(d) Florida for a vacation

3. What happens after Miss Burden opens up about her family history?
(a) Christmas makes fun of the woman's version of history.
(b) Christmas gets bored with Miss Burden's cloying presence.
(c) Miss Burden asks Christmas to marry her.
(d) She lets Christmas eat in the kitchen and meet her in her bedroom later.

4. 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

5. Where does Christmas get a job?
(a) At the dry goods store
(b) At the gas station
(c) At the planing mill
(d) At the bus station

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?

2. What favor does Byron ask of Hightower?

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

4. What happens to Hightower after the delivery of the baby?

5. How does the fading afternoon light seem to Hightower?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is the symbolism of the odor in Hightower's house?

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

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

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

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

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

8. Why are the townspeople anxious to find Miss Burden's killer?

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

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

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