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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 Joe Christmas refrain from beating Joe Brown when he could have easily killed him the night in the cabin?
(a) Because Joe Christmas really wants to kill Miss Burden
(b) Because Joe Brown overpowers Joe Christmas
(c) Because Joe Christmas does not have the heart of a killer
(d) Because Joe Brown is Joe Christmas' best friend
2. Lena asks Byron if Joe Brown has a _________ by his mouth.
(a) cut
(b) scar
(c) rash
(d) mole
3. What is the intention of the four boys?
(a) They want to get drunk.
(b) They want to meet some wild girls from out of town.
(c) They want to smoke some dope inside the sawmill.
(d) They are going to have sex with a Negro girl waiting inside the sawmill.
4. What do the other mill workers discover that Joe Christmas has been doing?
(a) Working the night shift
(b) Driving a cab
(c) Selling whiskey illegally
(d) Volunteering at the hospital
5. What does Christmas sell in order to buy a new suit?
(a) A heifer
(b) Some antique farm equipment
(c) Some old coins
(d) His stamp collection
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Christmas do when he returns to the spring?
2. Who does the dietician approach to exact her revenge on Christmas?
3. What does Hightower do to supplement his monthly inheritance since he lost his position at the church twenty-five years ago?
4. Why does Byron not tell Lena that Joe Brown is actually Lucas Burch?
5. Joe begins to work very hard at the farm and soon Mr. McEachern gives him a new _________.
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