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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does McKinley think is the father of Lena's baby?
(a) Carlton Howard
(b) Larry MacKenzie
(c) Lucas Burch
(d) Mike Bowers

2. How much time does Byron spend at the mill?
(a) 40 hours
(b) Six days a week
(c) Part-time hours
(d) Whatever he feels like

3. Why does Byron think that he and Hightower continue to lead such solitary lives?
(a) Because they do not like team events.
(b) Because man is more afraid of change than of the troubles he already has experienced and those familiar to him.
(c) Because they have had disastrous experiences with women before.
(d) Because they have anti-social personalities

4. Where did Mrs. Hightower go on Saturday nights?
(a) Out to dinner
(b) Memphis
(c) Choir practice
(d) Shopping

5. Who befriends Hightower after twenty years of his seclusion?
(a) Joe Christmas
(b) Miss Atkins
(c) Lena Grove
(d) Byron Bunch

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Joe Christmas' biggest secret?

2. Why had Hightower originally come to town?

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

4. Who does Joe Brown accuse of murdering the answer to #42?

5. Who does Byron fall in love with at first sight?

(see the answer key)

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