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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the answer to #46 discover when he finds Miss Burden?
(a) That she is incoherent
(b) That her head has been almost severed from her body
(c) That she is still alive
(d) That she has been burned almost beyond recognition

3. Who did Lena live with in Doane's Mill?
(a) Her parents
(b) Her older brother
(c) Her godparents
(d) Her best friend

4. Byron takes Lena to a _______________ so she can spend the night.
(a) hostel
(b) bed and breakfast
(c) boardinghouse
(d) hotel

5. Who is Bobbie?
(a) Bobbie is the name Christmas gives his new heifer.
(b) Bobbie is the choir leader at church.
(c) Bobbie is Mrs. McEachern's sister.
(d) Bobbie is a waitress Christmas meets at a rundown restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who tries to prevent the answer to #46 from entering the house to check for survivors?

2. Why has Lena left Doane's Mill?

3. What name does the dietician call Christmas?

4. Byron tells Hightower that a ______________ discovered the fire at the Burden place yesterday morning.

5. What is the intention of the four boys?

(see the answer key)

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