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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the woman and Truman use to break the meat of the nuts into?
(a) The baby carriage.
(b) A glass bowl.
(c) A basket.
(d) Queenie's bed.

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

3. The woman states that "we can't mess around with" what?
(a) Thirteen.
(b) The fruitcakes.
(c) Queenie.
(d) The relatives.

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

5. If the woman and Truman "mess around with" her superstition, she is afraid that the cakes will do what?
(a) Be too bulky.
(b) Fail.
(c) Fall.
(d) Not cool.

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

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

8. Who is superstitious?
(a) The woman.
(b) The relatives.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) Truman.

9. What is the grand prize for winning the coffee brand-naming contest?
(a) Fifty dollars.
(b) Five hundred dollars.
(c) One hundred dollars.
(d) Fifty thousand dollars.

10. What are the flowers on the woman's hat made of?
(a) Velvet.
(b) Silk.
(c) Burlap.
(d) Straw.

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

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

13. How much do Truman and the woman charge kids to get into the Fun and Freak show?
(a) A dime.
(b) A penny.
(c) Two cents.
(d) A nickel.

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

15. Who is Queenie?
(a) A dog.
(b) A relative.
(c) A horse.
(d) A store keeper.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Truman describe as the "carnage of August"?

3. What is the woman's favorite color?

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

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

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