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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 the old man do when he hears that Christmas has killed a white woman?
(a) He visits Christmas in jail.
(b) He provides bail.
(c) He beats him with a stick.
(d) He offers him refuge in his home.
2. Where does the stranger take Christmas?
(a) Chicago
(b) Jefferson
(c) Memphis
(d) Mottstown
3. What are the townspeople eager for over Miss Burden's death?
(a) a suspect
(b) the process of justice
(c) vengeance
(d) a conviction
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. The baby's first cry also has a strong emotional release for Byron. Why?
(a) The child will be another bastard born in a difficult time in the South.
(b) He knows that he has no way of repaying Hightower for his kindness.
(c) He realizes that he has been in denial that Lena has borne another man's child.
(d) Byron's former wife had died during childbirth.
Short Answer Questions
1. How is Christmas killed?
2. What does Christmas do on the side without telling Miss Burden?
3. What does Christmas come to understand about women?
4. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?
5. Why do the townspeople leave the old couple alone?
Short Essay Questions
1. New life has significance in more than one way in this chapter. Explain.
2. Other than the fact that he is a good person, why does Hightower feel the need to help Christmas?
3. Why does Christmas refuse to marry Miss Burden and raise a family?
4. Why does Percy Grimm castrate Christmas while he is still alive?
5. What does Hightower mean when he says the fading afternoon light is audible?
6. What does Hightower finally realize as he sits at his window watching the fading light?
7. Why are the townspeople anxious to find Miss Burden's killer?
8. How does Mrs. Hines indirectly cause the death of Christmas, her grandson?
9. What is the symbolism of the odor in Hightower's house?
10. Why is Hightower so upset that Byron has asked for his help with the situations regarding Lena and Christmas?
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