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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the woman have courage to do?
(a) Steal flour.
(b) Kill rodents.
(c) Swat flies.
(d) Kill snakes.

3. Where do Truman and the woman count their earned money?
(a) In the woman's room.
(b) In the pasture.
(c) In Truman's room.
(d) By the stove.

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

5. Who is the main character in the story?
(a) The relatives.
(b) The butcher.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) Truman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do the fruitcakes sit after they are done?

2. Why does Mr. Haha Jones pour the money back into the woman's bead purse?

3. What time of day do the woman and Truman return from finding their tree?

4. Who comes to town twice a year?

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

(see the answer key)

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