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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What type of eyes does Truman say Mr. Haha Jones has?
(a) Angry.
(b) Sad looking.
(c) Satan-tilted.
(d) Gloomy filled.

2. Who does Truman describe as a giant?
(a) Their work horse.
(b) The pastor.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) His uncle.

3. What wails at night at Mr. Haha Jones' establishment?
(a) The magpies.
(b) The bullfrogs.
(c) The crickets.
(d) The Victrola.

4. Who comes to town twice a year?
(a) The woman.
(b) The missionaries.
(c) The knife grinder.
(d) The bus driver.

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

6. What is the most expensive ingredient for making fruitcake?
(a) Cherries.
(b) Pecans.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Whiskey.

7. Where is the view that has what Truman describes as "a sky that stops"?
(a) His room.
(b) The kitchen.
(c) The backyard.
(d) The woman's room.

8. What does Truman's flannel nightgown smell like?
(a) Fruitcake.
(b) Must and dust.
(c) Cough syrup.
(d) Whiskey.

9. What makes Mr. Haha Jones laugh?
(a) When Truman and the woman ask for Mr. Jones.
(b) When Queenie barks at him.
(c) When Truman and the woman can't speak.
(d) When the woman asks for whiskey.

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

11. What is the last thing that the woman and Truman buy that delivers them broke?
(a) Whiskey.
(b) Citron.
(c) Flour.
(d) Stamps.

12. What type of house does Mr. Haha Jones live in?
(a) A small log cabin.
(b) A shack.
(c) A mansion.
(d) A large log cabin.

13. Where do the fruitcakes sit after they are done?
(a) Windowsills and shelves.
(b) Windowsills and counters.
(c) Windowsills.
(d) Shelves.

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

15. Where is Queenie not allowed?
(a) Under Truman's bed.
(b) On the woman's bed.
(c) In the kitchen.
(d) In the relative's room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Mr. Haha Jones pour the money back into the woman's bead purse?

2. What does Queenie do when Truman knocks on Mr. Haha Jones' door?

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

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

5. How many hatchet strokes does it take to take down the tree?

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