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

2. What is an exciting time of year for Truman and the woman?
(a) Spring.
(b) Fall.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

3. What does the woman read?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Bible.
(c) The funny papers.
(d) The Bible and funny papers.

4. What does the woman dip?
(a) Nuts.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Snuff.

5. How many of these things must the woman and Truman kill to earn a penny?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Fifteen.
(c) Twenty-five.
(d) Thirty.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the grand prize for winning the coffee brand-naming contest?

2. What are the flowers on the woman's hat made of?

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

4. How many miles is the most that the woman has ever traveled from her home?

5. What do the woman and Truman want to name their brand of coffee for a contest they entered?

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Mr. Haha Jones.

2. How does the woman stay the same after Truman leaves for military school?

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

4. Describe the kitchen of the house.

5. What happens to Queenie in Section 3?

6. How does Truman cheer up the woman in Section 2?

7. What is one theme that Truman Capote brings out in A Christmas Memory? Name one part of the story that uses this theme.

8. Why does the woman still act like a child?

9. In what way is the woman strong?

10. Describe Christmas morning.

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