A Christmas Memory Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

A Christmas Memory Test | Mid-Book Test - Hard

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 111 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
Buy the A Christmas Memory Lesson Plans
Name: _________________________ Period: ___________________

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do Truman and the woman do when they find they may have saved $13?

3. What is the purse made out of that the woman keeps the money in?

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

5. What do Truman and the woman call their Christmas savings?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the term "fruitcake weather" refer to?

2. Describe Christmas morning.

3. In Section 2, what causes the woman to run to her room and cry?

4. Truman thinks of all the things he would like to buy for the woman for Christmas while he is making her gift. What types of things would Truman like to buy for the woman and what does he make for her?

5. What does the kite look like that the woman gives Truman for Christmas?

6. Name one theme presented in the book and give one example of how it's used.

7. What types of things are contained in the trunk in the attic?

8. What happens when the woman and Truman go out to fly their kites?

9. Name two adjectives to describe Mr. Haha Jones and why you chose these particular words.

10. Describe the place where the woman and Truman find the tree.

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The majority of A Christmas Memory takes place during Christmas time. Discuss the ways that Truman Capote brings out the themes of Christmas throughout his book.

Essay Topic 2

Would you consider the woman or Truman to be the protagonist character in the book? Why? Name at least two characters that would be the antagonist and why you consider them as someone that is against either Truman or the woman.

Essay Topic 3

Truman Capote does a good job in explaining and describing many objects in the story. Capote describes each piece of money from the bead purse in different ways. Explain why you think Capote used such detail when describing money. Why do you think that is important? What element does it add to the story? Does it make the woman and Truman seem more poor? Why or why not?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 805 words
(approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page)
Buy the A Christmas Memory Lesson Plans
Copyrights
BookRags
A Christmas Memory from BookRags. (c)2025 BookRags, Inc. All rights reserved.