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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

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

5. How many relatives walk in on the celebration of sending out all the fruitcakes?
(a) 1.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

6. How many inches of whiskey are left in the whiskey bottle after the fruitcakes are finished?
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

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

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

10. In Section 2, what illegal thing does the woman do?
(a) She steals a Christmas tree.
(b) She gives Truman alcohol.
(c) She takes whiskey without paying.
(d) She takes cherries from a neighbor's yard.

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

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

13. Queenie snores as loud as what?
(a) A giant.
(b) A human.
(c) A pig.
(d) A horse.

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

15. Who sends the woman and Truman penny post cards?
(a) The bus driver.
(b) The missionaries.
(c) The President of the United States.
(d) The knife grinder.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does Truman describe as a giant?

5. Who comes to town twice a year?

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