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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the woman declare at the beginning of her favorite season?
(a) It is "jam and jelly weather".
(b) It is "fruitcake weather".
(c) It is "tree picking weather".
(d) It is "bible reading weather".

2. What do the woman and Truman win in a national football contest?
(a) Three dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) One dollar.
(d) Ten dollars.

3. From whom does Truman learn the true meaning of Christmas?
(a) Mr. Haha Jones.
(b) The relatives.
(c) Queenie.
(d) The woman.

4. What do the woman and Truman use to break the meat of the nuts into?
(a) A basket.
(b) The baby carriage.
(c) A glass bowl.
(d) Queenie's bed.

5. Why is the Fun and Freak show shut down?
(a) The relatives ordered the woman to stop the show.
(b) The three-legged chicken died.
(c) Queenie attacked the three-legged chicken.
(d) People stopped coming.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Truman and the woman do when they find they may have saved $13?

2. What do the woman and Truman use to collect nuts for making fruitcake?

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

4. What is the relationship of Truman and the woman?

5. What type of bed does the woman sleep in?

(see the answer key)

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