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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How much money does the woman think she has counted out of the purse?
(a) $13.99.
(b) $13.00.
(c) $12.73.
(d) $13.01.

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

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

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

9. What do the woman and Truman win in a national football contest?
(a) Three dollars.
(b) Five dollars.
(c) Ten dollars.
(d) One dollar.

10. Why are there no birds singing before the woman gets out of bed?
(a) They had gone to warmer country.
(b) It was too early.
(c) It was too cold.
(d) The woman had earplugs in her ears.

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

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

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

14. What does the woman tame?
(a) Horses.
(b) Dogs.
(c) Hummingbirds.
(d) Snakes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What color is Queenie?

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

3. What has the woman never received or sent?

4. In what month does the story begin?

5. What does Truman use ten cents for every Saturday?

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