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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the woman's bed?
(a) Pink.
(b) Green.
(c) Brown.
(d) Black.

2. What covers the woman's bed?
(a) A wool blanket.
(b) A thin sheet.
(c) A scrap-quilt.
(d) A gunney sack.

3. How much money does Mr. Haha Jones ask the woman for in exchange for the needed ingredient?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Two dollars and fifty cents.
(d) Two dollars.

4. Who asks, "Mrs. Haha, ma'am? Anyone to home"?
(a) The woman.
(b) The relatives.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) Truman.

5. In what month does the story begin?
(a) January.
(b) October.
(c) December.
(d) November.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Truman describe as the "carnage of August"?

2. Who gets a fruitcake for waving as they pass by?

3. Who is Queenie?

4. What brings "screwed-up expressions and sour shudders"?

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

(see the answer key)

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