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Light In August Quiz 1

  • 1. Why is Armstid with Winterbottom when Lena passes?
    •     Armstid wants to buy a team of mules from Winterbottom
    •     Armstid wants to get Winterbottom's advice on a wagon he is going to purchase
    •     Armstid wants to buy a cultivator from Winterbottom
    •     It is a social visit

  • 2. Where does Hightower's wife die?
    •     Memphis
    •     Montgomery
    •     Jefferson
    •     Nashville

  • 3. How do the men realize that Christmas has quit?
    •     They notice that Brown is abnormally quiet
    •     The foreman tells them
    •     Byron tells everyone that he was arrested for Joanna Bundren's murder
    •     The sawdust pile gets backed up

  • 4. What is Lena especially excited to buy with Martha Armstid's money?
    •     Sardines
    •     Shoes
    •     Shoeblack
    •     Cornbread

  • 5. What does Christmas do after learning about menstruation?
    •     He attacks a prostitute
    •     He vomits
    •     He kills a sheep
    •     He sells his cow

  • 6. What state does Lena start her journey in?
    •     Arkansas
    •     Mississippi
    •     Tennessee
    •     Alabama

  • 7. How does McEachern know that Christmas sold his heifer?
    •     He always knows when Christmas is lying
    •     He finds a new suit that Christmas bought
    •     The neighbor that bought the cow tells him
    •     Mrs. McEachern tells him

  • 8. What do the men in the mill remark about Brown?
    •     He is much quieter than usual on Mondays
    •     He is the only one who is rowdy and unclean on Mondays
    •     He always curses
    •     He wears especially nice clothes to work

  • 9. Why does Joe Christmas go into the dietitian's room?
    •     To hide from the janitor
    •     To smell her clothes
    •     To steal some of her candy
    •     To eat some of her toothpaste

  • 10. What services does Hightower offer after he must leave the church?
    •     Child birthing for the poor
    •     Art lessons and photograph developing
    •     Voice lessons
    •     Personal bible study lessons

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