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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What grates against the window?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A bird.
(c) Queenie.
(d) A fig branch.

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

3. Who has "eyes that scold and tongues that scald"?
(a) The relatives.
(b) Abner Packer.
(c) Mrs. Haha Jones.
(d) Mr. Haha Jones.

4. What kind of establishment does Mr. Haha Jones own?
(a) A flower shop.
(b) A fish-fry and dancing cafe.
(c) A butcher store.
(d) A grocery store.

5. What type of voice does the woman use at best to talk to Mr. Haha Jones?
(a) Loud.
(b) Whispery.
(c) Scratchy.
(d) Subdued.

6. Who gets a fruitcake for waving as they pass by?
(a) The newspaper boy.
(b) Mr. Haha Jones.
(c) The truck driver.
(d) The milk man.

7. Who says the woman is "shy around everyone but strangers"?
(a) A neighbor friend.
(b) A local truck driver.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones' wife.
(d) Truman.

8. Where are the Winstons from?
(a) Wisconsin.
(b) South America.
(c) Canada.
(d) California.

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

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

11. Who offers to buy the Christmas tree?
(a) The mill owner's wife.
(b) Mr. Haha Jones' wife.
(c) Mr. Haha Jones.
(d) A neighbor couple.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Mr. Haha Jones demonstrates the sparkle in the sunlight of what?

2. How much whiskey does the woman ask Mr. Haha Jones for?

3. Who is Abner Packer?

4. What equipment is used to get the Christmas tree?

5. Who celebrates sending off all the fruitcakes?

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