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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the woman read?
(a) Nothing.
(b) The Bible and funny papers.
(c) The funny papers.
(d) The Bible.

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

4. What has the woman never received or sent?
(a) A fruitcake.
(b) A letter.
(c) A telegram.
(d) A postcard.

5. In Section 1, how old is the woman?
(a) Forty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Eleven.
(d) Twenty.

6. What is the purse made out of that the woman keeps the money in?
(a) Cotton.
(b) Beads.
(c) Leather.
(d) Silk.

7. What covers the woman's bed?
(a) A scrap-quilt.
(b) A thin sheet.
(c) A gunney sack.
(d) A wool blanket.

8. How many miles is the most that the woman has ever traveled from her home?
(a) Five.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

9. What do Truman and the woman do when they find they may have saved $13?
(a) Bury a penny.
(b) Nothing.
(c) Toss a penny out the window.
(d) Give a dollar away.

10. Which coins does Truman consider "bitter-odored"?
(a) Quarters.
(b) Pennies.
(c) Nickels.
(d) Dimes.

11. What does the Fun and Freak show feature?
(a) Pictures of various cities and a three-legged chicken.
(b) Strange people and a toothless donkey.
(c) Seascapes and a unicorn.
(d) Numerous towns and a hairless dog.

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

13. What do the woman and Truman want to name their brand of coffee for a contest they entered?
(a) Amen.
(b) A.M.
(c) Wake up.
(d) Amen Juice.

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

15. What color is the woman's bed?
(a) Brown.
(b) Green.
(c) Pink.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the nuts that are used to make the fruitcake that is found?

2. What is an exciting time of year for Truman and the woman?

3. What type of flowers does the woman's hat have on it?

4. What does the woman have courage to do?

5. How much money does the woman think she has counted out of the purse?

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