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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. What spins in the kitchen while Truman and the woman make fruitcake?
(a) Bowls.
(b) Tops.
(c) Queenie.
(d) Spoons.

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

6. What time of day do the woman and Truman return from finding their tree?
(a) Noon.
(b) Mid-afternoon.
(c) Sunrise.
(d) Sunset.

7. What does Mr. Haha Jones consider to be a waste of whiskey?
(a) Using it to clean wounds.
(b) Not drinking it.
(c) Using it to make fruitcakes.
(d) Not sharing it with others.

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

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

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

11. What does the black stove remind Truman of?
(a) A lighted pumpkin.
(b) A lamp.
(c) The moon during harvest.
(d) A street light.

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

13. How much is the offer for the tree at first?
(a) Five cents.
(b) A dime.
(c) Two bits.
(d) A penny.

14. Who does the woman talk about when Truman is cheering her up?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Queenie.
(c) Her childhood friends.
(d) Her father.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. After the woman and Truman receive the whiskey from Mr. Haha Jones, the woman describes Mr. Jones as what type of man?

2. What does Truman's flannel nightgown smell like?

3. What whirls in the kitchen while Truman and the woman make fruitcake?

4. What is the most expensive ingredient for making fruitcake?

5. What is the last thing that the woman and Truman buy that delivers them broke?

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