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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Truman stuffing in Section 1?
(a) Biscuit.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Yams.
(d) Turkey.

2. Who owns the baby carriage?
(a) The relatives.
(b) The woman.
(c) Queenie.
(d) Truman.

3. What type of coin does Truman call the liveliest?
(a) Nickels.
(b) Dimes.
(c) Quarters.
(d) Pennies.

4. What type of bed does the woman sleep in?
(a) Feather.
(b) Hay.
(c) Iron.
(d) Wood.

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

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

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

8. What does Truman describe as the "carnage of August"?
(a) The dead flies they killed for money.
(b) The dead flies on the window.
(c) The dead flies under their beds.
(d) The dead flies on the porch.

9. How many of these things must the woman and Truman kill to earn a penny?
(a) Twenty-five.
(b) Thirty.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twenty.

10. Which bell does the woman hear before she declares it's fruitcake weather?
(a) The church bell.
(b) The courthouse bell.
(c) The clock tower bell.
(d) The school bell.

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

12. What color is Queenie?
(a) White and black.
(b) White and orange.
(c) Gray and orange.
(d) Black and gray.

13. In what month does the story begin?
(a) January.
(b) November.
(c) October.
(d) December.

14. 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) On the trees.
(d) Among leaves and grass.

15. What is the name of the woman's childhood friend?
(a) Boy.
(b) Buddy.
(c) Truman.
(d) Charlie.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much do Truman and the woman charge kids to get into the Fun and Freak show?

2. What do the woman and Truman win in a national football contest?

3. In Section 1, how old is Truman?

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

5. How much does the Fun and Freak show make before it is shut down?

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