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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Haha Jones demonstrates the sparkle in the sunlight of what?
(a) Teardrops from laughing.
(b) His dream catcher.
(c) The whiskey.
(d) The Christmas lights.

2. Where are the Winstons from?
(a) South America.
(b) California.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Canada.

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

4. Who is exhausted and sad after sending off the last fruitcake?
(a) The woman.
(b) Queenie.
(c) The relatives.
(d) Truman.

5. How does the woman celebrate sending all the fruitcakes?
(a) By drinking leftover whiskey.
(b) By keeping a fruitcake for herself.
(c) By going to church.
(d) By reading a passage in the Bible.

6. What equipment is used to get the Christmas tree?
(a) A hatchet, a rope, and a burlap sack.
(b) A hatchet.
(c) A rope and a hatchet.
(d) A hatchet and a burlap sack.

7. Why does Mr. Haha Jones pour the money back into the woman's bead purse?
(a) It wasn't enough money.
(b) He wants the purse, too.
(c) He wants the woman and Truman to send him a fruitcake instead.
(d) They gave him too much money.

8. What is the last thing that the woman and Truman buy that delivers them broke?
(a) Flour.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Stamps.
(d) Citron.

9. What color is the unlabeled liquor that Mr. Haha Jones brings back for Truman and the woman?
(a) Brown.
(b) Daisy-yellow.
(c) Clear.
(d) Rosey-red.

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

11. How many hatchet strokes does it take to take down the tree?
(a) 10.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 15.

12. What time of day do the woman and Truman return from finding their tree?
(a) Sunrise.
(b) Sunset.
(c) Noon.
(d) Mid-afternoon.

13. Who gets a fruitcake for waving as they pass by?
(a) Mr. Haha Jones.
(b) The newspaper boy.
(c) The milk man.
(d) The truck driver.

14. Why does the woman want the tree to be twice as tall as a boy?
(a) So she can measure the tree against Truman.
(b) "So a boy can't ruin the needles".
(c) "So a boy can't steal the star".
(d) "So a boy can help pull the tree".

15. Who is Abner Packer?
(a) The butcher.
(b) The pastor.
(c) The bus driver.
(d) The knife grinder.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where is the view that has what Truman describes as "a sky that stops"?

3. Where are the Baptist missionaries?

4. In Section 2, how many fruitcakes do Truman and the woman make?

5. Who comes to town twice a year?

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