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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. What body part does Doug Cottingham donate first?

2. How much does the narrator of "Christmas Means Giving" spend on a pair of sandals that don't fit him?

3. How much cash is Jim Timothy offering each member of the church congregation?

4. What is the final gift the narrator gives the beggar in "Christmas Means Giving"?

5. Thaddeus Bristol calls the costumes in "A Christmas Carol" __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Who is Jim Timothy?

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

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

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

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

10. What has been the trajectory of Jim Timothy's career?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What is the purpose of the character Dinah? What is the greater truth that she helps illustrate?

Essay Topic 2

What do these stories reveal about the importance of social status in American middle-class culture?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the character of Thaddeus Bristol and what he represents in society.

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