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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 "tree picking weather".
(b) It is "jam and jelly weather".
(c) It is "fruitcake weather".
(d) It is "bible reading weather".

2. What does Truman use ten cents for every Saturday?
(a) To buy food for dinner.
(b) To go to the picture show.
(c) To go to tap dancing lessons.
(d) To buy bubble gum and candy.

3. What do the woman and Truman use to collect nuts for making fruitcake?
(a) A cardboard box.
(b) A baby carriage.
(c) Their pockets.
(d) A basket.

4. The woman knows an old time Indian cure that is supposed to remove what?
(a) Spirits.
(b) Warts.
(c) Hair.
(d) Ghosts.

5. What do both Truman and the woman believe in?
(a) Ghosts.
(b) The relatives.
(c) Indian spirits.
(d) Nothing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman have courage to do?

2. Who is superstitious?

3. If the woman and Truman "mess around with" her superstition, she is afraid that the cakes will do what?

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

5. What do the woman and Truman want to name their brand of coffee for a contest they entered?

(see the answer key)

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