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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Christmas quit his job at the mill?
(a) He and Brown are partners in the whiskey business.
(b) He got a better offer from another mill.
(c) He is leaving town.
(d) He is bored with the work at the mill.

2. What is the intention of the four boys?
(a) They want to get drunk.
(b) They want to smoke some dope inside the sawmill.
(c) They want to meet some wild girls from out of town.
(d) They are going to have sex with a Negro girl waiting inside the sawmill.

3. What happens to Hightower after the delivery of the baby?
(a) He feels better about himself than he has in a long time.
(b) He drops the baby on the floor.
(c) He collapses in exhaustion.
(d) He fights with Byron for bringing him into this situation.

4. As Byron escorts Lena through the crowd in town talking about the fire, what does he not want Lena to hear?
(a) That Joe Christmas was murdered.
(b) That Miss Burden was murdered
(c) That Lucas Burch was murdered.
(d) That Hightower was murdered.

5. What does Mr. McEachern make Christmas do later in the day after the punishment?
(a) He makes Christmas apologize.
(b) He makes Christmas vow that he will do better.
(c) He makes Christmas kneel on the floor by his bed to pray.
(d) He makes Christmas stay in his room for the rest of the weekend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Christmas do when he returns to the spring?

2. Why will Lena not accept Byron's marriage proposal?

3. Who is the other man who shows up unexpectedly at the mill for a job?

4. What does the sheriff tell Byron he will do?

5. What does Bobbie do that lets Christmas know that she does not want to marry him?

(see the answer key)

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