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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Truman and the woman call their Christmas savings?
(a) A Future Collection.
(b) A Fruitcake Collection.
(c) A Fruitcake Fund.
(d) A Future Fund.

2. What is the relationship of Truman and the woman?
(a) They are mother and son.
(b) They are just friends.
(c) They are grandmother and grandson.
(d) They are cousins.

3. What type of bed does the woman sleep in?
(a) Iron.
(b) Feather.
(c) Hay.
(d) Wood.

4. What does the woman have courage to do?
(a) Swat flies.
(b) Kill snakes.
(c) Kill rodents.
(d) Steal flour.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the woman and Truman use to break the meat of the nuts into?

2. What type of fishing poles do the woman and Truman pile into the baby carriage?

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

4. If the woman and Truman "mess around with" her superstition, she is afraid that the cakes will do what?

5. What does the woman declare at the beginning of her favorite season?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the woman and Truman's reaction to Mr. Haha Jones?

2. Why are the relatives referred to as "those who know best"?

3. What type of genre do you consider A Christmas Memory to be, and why?

4. How does Truman describe the money after they spill it from the bead purse?

5. Describe Queenie.

6. Why does Truman think the woman is still a child?

7. Do Truman and the woman fit in with society?

8. Truman mentions the items the woman and himself have to buy to make their fruitcakes. Name the items that the woman and Truman must buy to complete their fruitcakes.

9. Describe Mr. Haha Jones.

10. In Section 2, what causes Truman to be sad?

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