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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. How much whiskey does the woman ask Mr. Haha Jones for?
(a) A quart.
(b) A bottle full.
(c) A pint.
(d) Two cups.

6. Who celebrates sending off all the fruitcakes?
(a) Truman and Queenie.
(b) The woman and Queenie.
(c) Truman, the woman, and Queenie.
(d) Truman and the woman.

7. Mr. Haha Jones demonstrates the sparkle in the sunlight of what?
(a) Teardrops from laughing.
(b) The Christmas lights.
(c) His dream catcher.
(d) The whiskey.

8. Why does Mr. Haha Jones pour the money back into the woman's bead purse?
(a) It wasn't enough money.
(b) They gave him too much money.
(c) He wants the purse, too.
(d) He wants the woman and Truman to send him a fruitcake instead.

9. What does Queenie do when Truman knocks on Mr. Haha Jones' door?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Hides under the stairs.
(c) Lays on the ground.
(d) Barks.

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

11. How many hatchet strokes does it take to take down the tree?
(a) 20.
(b) 15.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

12. 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".

13. How much is the final offer for the tree?
(a) A dime.
(b) One dollar.
(c) Twenty-five cents.
(d) Fifty cents.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the offer for the tree at first?

2. What does the black stove remind Truman of?

3. Where are the Baptist missionaries?

4. How does Truman cheer up the woman after she has been crying all night?

5. What type of house does Mr. Haha Jones live in?

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