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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 woman instinctively know about Christmas without even seeing him?
(a) That he is not capable of murder
(b) That he is a murderer
(c) That he is their grandson
(d) That he will be hanged for his crime
2. Who moves into the cabin with Christmas?
(a) Lena Grove
(b) Lukas Burch
(c) Hightower
(d) Byron Brown
3. How much is the reward for the apprehension of Miss Burden's murderer?
(a) A thousand dollars
(b) Twenty thousand dollars
(c) Fifty thousand dollars
(d) Five thousand dollars
4. What does Hightower's grandfather wear during the Civil War?
(a) A minister's frock
(b) A foreign uniform
(c) A business suit
(d) A plain pair of pants and simple shirt
5. How is Christmas killed?
(a) Grimm shoots Christmas as he tries to surrender.
(b) Grimm's men all open fire through the windows of the building.
(c) Christmas tries to protect Hightower and steps in front of the bullets.
(d) Grimm empties his revolver at Christmas who is hiding behind an overturned table.
Short Answer Questions
1. How does the fading afternoon light seem to Hightower?
2. How does the relationship between Christmas and Miss Burden evolve?
3. Why will Lena not accept Byron's marriage proposal?
4. Who do the townspeople think inspired Christmas to attempt an escape?
5. What favor does Byron ask of Hightower?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Mrs. Hines indirectly cause the death of Christmas, her grandson?
2. Explain the irony in Miss Burden's nearly nymphomaniac behavior?
3. Explain why Christmas' arrival in the town of Mottstown means that he has come full circle in his life.
4. What is the symbolism of the odor in Hightower's house?
5. Why do the Negroes of Mottstown support Mr. Hines who preaches white supremacy in Negro churches?
6. Why does Byron force an encounter with Brown after Brown flees from Lena in the cabin?
7. Why does Percy Grimm castrate Christmas while he is still alive?
8. What does Hightower mean when he says the fading afternoon light is audible?
9. The cries of Lena's newborn child are significant for Byron. Why?
10. New life has significance in more than one way in this chapter. Explain.
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