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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Truman describe as being sherry-colored?
(a) The woman's gloves.
(b) The wood floors.
(c) The woman's eyes.
(d) The whiskey bottle.

2. What brings "screwed-up expressions and sour shudders"?
(a) Staying up too late.
(b) The cold wind through the windows.
(c) Dancing and drinking at the same time.
(d) Drinking straight whiskey.

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

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

5. What is the relationship of Truman and the woman?
(a) They are mother and son.
(b) They are just friends.
(c) They are grandmother and grandson.
(d) They are cousins.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Queenie not allowed?

2. In what month does the story begin?

3. What is the purse made out of that the woman keeps the money in?

4. Who does the woman talk about when Truman is cheering her up?

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

(see the answer key)

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