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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. What type of coin does Truman call the liveliest?
(a) Nickels.
(b) Dimes.
(c) Pennies.
(d) Quarters.

2. What type of bed does the woman sleep in?
(a) Hay.
(b) Wood.
(c) Feather.
(d) Iron.

3. What type of work does Truman like best when making the fruitcakes?
(a) Buying the ingredients.
(b) Tasting the fruitcakes.
(c) Hulling the pecans.
(d) Buying the whiskey.

4. In Section 1, how old is the woman?
(a) Sixty.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Forty.
(d) Twenty.

5. Which coins does Truman consider "bitter-odored"?
(a) Pennies.
(b) Nickels.
(c) Dimes.
(d) Quarters.

Short Answer Questions

1. What place do the woman and Truman take in the national football contest that they entered?

2. What is the purse made out of that the woman keeps the money in?

3. What is the woman's favorite color?

4. What does the woman declare at the beginning of her favorite season?

5. What color is the woman's bed?

Short Essay Questions

1. What things does Truman draw to make into ornaments for the tree?

2. How does the woman stay the same after Truman leaves for military school?

3. Why are the relatives referred to as "those who know best"?

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

5. Who are some of the people that Truman and the woman make fruitcakes for?

6. What things do the woman and Truman gather in the baby carriage and what does the baby carriage look like?

7. Why does the woman call Truman "Buddy"?

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

9. Describe the celebration after completing the fruitcakes.

10. Why does the woman still act like a child?

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