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1:  What is the reward for finding Joanna Burden's murderer?

a. Three hundred dollars

b. Five hundred dollars

c. Seven hundred dollars

d. One thousand dollars
2:  What is Hightower's first name?

a. Eupheus

b. Gail

c. "Doc"

d. Lucas
3:  What alias does Lucas Burch use throughout the novel?

a. Joe Brown

b. Byron Bunch

c. Joe Christmas

d. Lucas Bunch
4:  What is the name of Joe Christmas' mother?

a. Bobbie

b. Henrietta

c. Millly

d. Naomi
5:  Before quitting toward the end of the novel, Byron worked where?

a. At Joanna Burden's plantation

b. For the Jefferson sheriff

c. At Hightower's church

d. At the planing mill
6:  Hightower's wife died in which city?

a. Mottstown

b. Memphis

c. Jefferson

d. Chicago
7:  Who says the following: "My, my. A body does get around."

a. Mrs. Hines

b. Lena Grove

c. Mrs. Albert

d. Joanna Burden
8:  Lena Grove's journey begins in which state?

a. Alabama

b. Tennessee

c. Kentucky

d. Arkansas
9:  From what does Joanna Burden die?

a. Fire set to her house

b. Her neck being cut

c. Gunshot wound to the head

d. Natural causes
10:  In addition to working at the planing mill, what partnership do Christmas and Brown form to earn money?

a. Bootlegging whiskey

b. Gambling racket

c. Plantation farming

d. Reselling stolen cars
11:  Who adopts Joe when he is young?

a. The Hines family

b. Reverend and Mrs. Hightower

c. The McEachern family

d. Joanna Burden
12:  What is the name of the waitress with whom Joe has a relationship?

a. Bobbie

b. Henrietta

c. Milly

d. Naomi
13:  What does Byron Bunch want Hightower to tell the sheriff to clear Joe Christmas' name?

a. Hightower was sleeping with Joanna, not Joe

b. Joe Brown murdered Joanna Burden, not Joe

c. Joe Christmas was in Memphis the night Joanna Burden was murdered

d. Joe Christmas was at Hightower's house the night Joanna Burden was murdered
14:  What does Joanna Burden want Joe Christmas to do to "improve" himself?

a. Stop bootlegging whiskey

b. Attend a school for blacks and then become a lawyer

c. Get rehired at the planing mill

d. Go to seminary school and become a minister
15:  Who kills Joe Christmas?

a. Percy Grimm

b. Jefferson's sheriff

c. Lucas Burch

d. Joe Brown


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