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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Christmas come to understand about women?
(a) Some are always going to be good and some are always going to be bad for you.
(b) They are basically the same no matter what their age.
(c) They are all very moody at times.
(d) When they finally surrender completely, it is going to be in words.

2. What does Miss Burden leave out for Christmas every Saturday?
(a) A to-do list
(b) A paycheck
(c) A meal in the kitchen
(d) A Bible lesson

3. Who does Byron bring to Hightower's house?
(a) Mr. and Mrs. Gould
(b) Lucas Burch
(c) Lena's parents
(d) Mr. and Mrs. Hines

4. Who does the dietician approach to exact her revenge on Christmas?
(a) the janitor
(b) the school nurse
(c) the principal
(d) the math teacher

5. Why do the townspeople virtually ignore Miss Burden?
(a) Because she is too eccentric
(b) Because she never married
(c) Because she associates with Negroes
(d) Because she is more intelligent than any of them

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Mrs. Hines reveal to Hightower?

2. How old is Miss Burden when she discovers him stealing food from her house?

3. What does the dietician offer Christmas as a bribe?

4. What does the answer to #65 call the dietician's problem with the Christmas situation?

5. Who makes plans to adopt Christmas and take him away from the orphanage?

(see the answer key)

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