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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Timothy says the best stories are what?

2. Thaddeus Bristol is gagging from the smell of spray painted ______.

3. Thaddeus Bristol compares the performance at Scottsfield Elementary School to what?

4. Jim Timothy touts his skills as a __________.

5. What does Jim Timothy say is an indication he is not from the area?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Thaddeus Bristol's complaint about the performance at Sacred Heart Elementary?

2. How does Jim Timothy's studio gain the rights to real life stories?

3. How does the giving contest become gruesome in "Christmas Means Giving"?

4. What does the narrator discover happens to his sons after he gives them to the beggar?

5. What does Thaddeus Bristol see as the flaws in "A Reindeer's Gift" at Scottsfield Elementary?

6. How does "Christmas Means Giving" end?

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

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

9. How does the narrator describe his feelings on the last Christmas described in "Christmas Means Giving"?

10. What do the Cottingham's usually send out as a Christmas card?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What qualities does Jocelyn Dunbar embody both as a character and as a narrator of the story? What makes her a reliable or unreliable narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme of the of the individual versus society and how it resonates throughout the stories in "Holidays on Ice."

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of misguided expectations and how it resonates throughout the book.

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