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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. Thaddeus Bristol says bad theater was used as torture before the invention of the _____.
(a) Thumb screw.
(b) Sleep deprivation.
(c) Electric shock.
(d) Stretching rack.

2. Thaddeus Bristol compares the performance at Scottsfield Elementary School to what?
(a) Pumpkin pie.
(b) Mushy stuffing.
(c) Stale bread.
(d) Overstuffed turkey.

3. The main problem Thaddeus Bristol sees in all the shows is the actors eagerness to ________.
(a) Sing.
(b) Act.
(c) Bow.
(d) Please.

4. Jim Timothy describes the congregation as ___________.
(a) Ignorant.
(b) Lovely.
(c) Devout.
(d) Stupid.

5. Who is Thaddeus Bristol the most annoyed with during the Christmas performances?
(a) Actors.
(b) Directors.
(c) Stage crew.
(d) Parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the attorney of the mother her performed surgery on her own son in "Based Upon a True Story"?

2. What might the narrator of "Christmas Means Giving" give his wife for a stocking stuffer?

3. What is Thaddeus Bristol's opinion of "A Christmas Carol" in general?

4. What are the names of the twins in "Christmas Means Giving"?

5. What is Jim Timothy's show "Sun Roof Optional" about?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why can't Jim Timothy contact the women in the church who performed the miraculous surgery?

2. What is the great choice that Jim Timothy suggests the people of Jasper's Breath have in front of them?

3. What happens when the Cottingham family move into next door to the narrator in "Christmas Means Giving"?

4. What does Thaddeus Bristol see as the irony in the Christmas pageants he critiques?

5. What are Thaddeus Bristol's complaints about the performance of "A Christmas Carol"?

6. How does Thaddeus Bristol rate Becky Michaels as a director?

7. What happens one Thanksgiving when a beggar knocks on the narrator's door in "Christmas Means Giving"?

8. What is the premise of 'Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol "?

9. Whose performance receives the only compliment from Thaddeus Bristol?

10. What do the Cottingham's and then narrator give to the beggar starting on the next Thanksgiving?

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