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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who celebrates sending off all the fruitcakes?
(a) Truman and Queenie.
(b) Truman and the woman.
(c) The woman and Queenie.
(d) Truman, the woman, and Queenie.

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

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

4. Who do Truman and the woman send fruitcakes to every year?
(a) Mr. Haha Jones' wife.
(b) The local Baptist minister.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) All their neighbors.

5. What makes Mr. Haha Jones laugh?
(a) When Truman and the woman can't speak.
(b) When Queenie barks at him.
(c) When Truman and the woman ask for Mr. Jones.
(d) When the woman asks for whiskey.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Section 1, how old is Truman?

2. Who comes to town twice a year?

3. What grates against the window?

4. The woman is afraid that they will put someone where if they "mess around with" her superstition?

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

(see the answer key)

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