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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Truman and the woman are searching for the Christmas tree, they come across frogs the size of what?
(a) Fifty-cent pieces.
(b) Saucers.
(c) Plates.
(d) Their hands.

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

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

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

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

6. In Section 2, how many fruitcakes do Truman and the woman make?
(a) 25.
(b) 31.
(c) 15.
(d) 30.

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

8. What equipment is used to get the Christmas tree?
(a) A hatchet, a rope, and a burlap sack.
(b) A hatchet and a burlap sack.
(c) A rope and a hatchet.
(d) A hatchet.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. What color is the unlabeled liquor that Mr. Haha Jones brings back for Truman and the woman?
(a) Clear.
(b) Rosey-red.
(c) Daisy-yellow.
(d) Brown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much is the final offer for the tree?

2. What makes Mr. Haha Jones laugh?

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

4. Who has "eyes that scold and tongues that scald"?

5. What grates against the window?

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