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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the Fun and Freak show shut down?
(a) Queenie attacked the three-legged chicken.
(b) The three-legged chicken died.
(c) The relatives ordered the woman to stop the show.
(d) People stopped coming.

2. From whom does Truman learn the true meaning of Christmas?
(a) The relatives.
(b) Queenie.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) The woman.

3. What does Truman describe as the "carnage of August"?
(a) The dead flies on the window.
(b) The dead flies on the porch.
(c) The dead flies they killed for money.
(d) The dead flies under their beds.

4. What covers the woman's bed?
(a) A wool blanket.
(b) A thin sheet.
(c) A gunney sack.
(d) A scrap-quilt.

5. What does the black stove remind Truman of?
(a) The moon during harvest.
(b) A lamp.
(c) A street light.
(d) A lighted pumpkin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Truman do to wake the relatives on Christmas morning?

2. What do the woman and Truman win in a national football contest?

3. Where are the nuts that are used to make the fruitcake that is found?

4. What type of voice does the woman use at best to talk to Mr. Haha Jones?

5. Which character realizes that they see the Lord in the simple things?

(see the answer key)

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