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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the woman and Truman receive the whiskey from Mr. Haha Jones, the woman describes Mr. Jones as what type of man?
(a) Nice.
(b) Bitter.
(c) Angry.
(d) Lovely.

2. Who is Abner Packer?
(a) The knife grinder.
(b) The pastor.
(c) The bus driver.
(d) The butcher.

3. What is the black stove stoked with?
(a) Coal and firewood.
(b) Firewood.
(c) Coal.
(d) Embers and newspaper.

4. How much money does Mr. Haha Jones ask the woman for in exchange for the needed ingredient?
(a) Fifty cents.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Two dollars.
(d) Two dollars and fifty cents.

5. What whirls in the kitchen while Truman and the woman make fruitcake?
(a) Bicycle wheels.
(b) Eggbeaters.
(c) Clock hands.
(d) Spinning wheels.

6. What does the woman say she'll add an extra cup of when she makes Mr. Haha Jones' fruitcake?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Raisins.
(c) Pecans.
(d) Cherries.

7. How does the woman celebrate sending all the fruitcakes?
(a) By going to church.
(b) By reading a passage in the Bible.
(c) By keeping a fruitcake for herself.
(d) By drinking leftover whiskey.

8. Why does the woman want the tree to be twice as tall as a boy?
(a) So she can measure the tree against Truman.
(b) "So a boy can't steal the star".
(c) "So a boy can't ruin the needles".
(d) "So a boy can help pull the tree".

9. Who asks, "Mrs. Haha, ma'am? Anyone to home"?
(a) Truman.
(b) The woman.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) The relatives.

10. How does Truman cheer up the woman after she has been crying all night?
(a) He reminds the woman that the relatives are always rude.
(b) He reminds the woman that they have to go pick out a Christmas tree.
(c) He reminds the woman of all the people that are happy because of their fruitcakes.
(d) He reminds the woman that he loves her.

11. Who is exhausted and sad after sending off the last fruitcake?
(a) The woman.
(b) Queenie.
(c) Truman.
(d) The relatives.

12. Where are the Baptist missionaries?
(a) Columbia.
(b) Borneo.
(c) Mexico.
(d) France.

13. What do the woman and Truman collect from the White House?
(a) Election Ballots.
(b) Photos of the President of the United States.
(c) Thank you notes on White House stationery.
(d) Penny post cards.

14. Who takes a photo of Truman and the woman (the only one they ever have taken)?
(a) Mr. Winston.
(b) The missionaries.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) Reverend Lucey.

15. Who do Truman and the woman send fruitcakes to every year?
(a) The local Baptist minister.
(b) Mr. Haha Jones' wife.
(c) All their neighbors.
(d) The President of the United States.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who says the woman is "shy around everyone but strangers"?

2. What wails at night at Mr. Haha Jones' establishment?

3. While Truman and the woman are searching for the Christmas tree, they come across frogs the size of what?

4. Who sends the woman and Truman penny post cards?

5. What brings "screwed-up expressions and sour shudders"?

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