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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Section 1, how old is Truman?
(a) Sixteen.
(b) Seven.
(c) Nineteen.
(d) Five.

2. What does the woman declare at the beginning of her favorite season?
(a) It is "fruitcake weather".
(b) It is "jam and jelly weather".
(c) It is "bible reading weather".
(d) It is "tree picking weather".

3. What place do the woman and Truman take in the national football contest that they entered?
(a) Fifty-second.
(b) Twenty-fifth.
(c) Seventy-ninth.
(d) Thirty-seventh.

4. What does Truman describe as being sherry-colored?
(a) The woman's eyes.
(b) The whiskey bottle.
(c) The wood floors.
(d) The woman's gloves.

5. What is an exciting time of year for Truman and the woman?
(a) Spring.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. In what month does the story begin?

2. What type of work does Truman like best when making the fruitcakes?

3. What does Truman use ten cents for every Saturday?

4. What do both Truman and the woman believe in?

5. What type of coin does Truman call the liveliest?

Short Essay Questions

1. Name two adjectives to describe Mr. Haha Jones and why you chose these particular words.

2. What happens when the woman and Truman go out to fly their kites?

3. How does Truman describe the money after they spill it from the bead purse?

4. What is the woman and Truman's reaction to Mr. Haha Jones?

5. What does the kite look like that the woman gives Truman for Christmas?

6. What does the mill owner's wife do and how does the woman react?

7. How does the woman change after Truman leaves for military school?

8. Describe Christmas morning.

9. Describe the celebration after completing the fruitcakes.

10. What two adjectives would describe the woman? Give reasons for both.

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