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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where are the nuts that are used to make the fruitcake that is found?
(a) At the store.
(b) In baskets ready to be sold.
(c) Among leaves and grass.
(d) On the trees.

2. What does the woman declare at the beginning of her favorite season?
(a) It is "tree picking weather".
(b) It is "fruitcake weather".
(c) It is "jam and jelly weather".
(d) It is "bible reading weather".

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

4. How much does the Fun and Freak show make before it is shut down?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) Ten dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) Fifteen dollars.

5. What does the woman dip?
(a) Snuff.
(b) Chocolates.
(c) Fruit.
(d) Nuts.

6. What do Truman and the woman kill to receive money from relatives?
(a) Moths.
(b) Spiders.
(c) Snakes.
(d) Flies.

7. What is the woman's favorite color?
(a) Rose pink.
(b) Midnight blue.
(c) Green.
(d) Purple.

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

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

10. What do Truman and the woman call their Christmas savings?
(a) A Fruitcake Fund.
(b) A Future Fund.
(c) A Fruitcake Collection.
(d) A Future Collection.

11. From whom does Truman learn the true meaning of Christmas?
(a) Queenie.
(b) The woman.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) The relatives.

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

13. The woman is afraid that they will put someone where if they "mess around with" her superstition?
(a) In their sick bed.
(b) In the snow.
(c) In the cemetery.
(d) In the hospital.

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

15. How much do Truman and the woman charge adults to get into the Fun and Freak show?
(a) Three cents.
(b) A nickel.
(c) Six cents.
(d) A dime.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many of these things must the woman and Truman kill to earn a penny?

2. What type of coin does Truman call the liveliest?

3. In Section 1, how old is the woman?

4. Where do Truman and the woman count their earned money?

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

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