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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Truman and the woman kill to receive money from relatives?

2. What does the Fun and Freak show feature?

3. What color is the woman's bed?

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

5. Who owns the baby carriage?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In Section 2, what causes the woman to run to her room and cry?

3. Describe the woman.

4. Every Saturday Truman goes to a picture show. Why doesn't the woman ever go with him?

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

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

7. What type of genre do you consider A Christmas Memory to be, and why?

8. Truman mentions the items the woman and himself have to buy to make their fruitcakes. Name the items that the woman and Truman must buy to complete their fruitcakes.

9. Describe the woman's relationship with the relatives.

10. What does the term "fruitcake weather" refer to?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There is an underlying theme of giving in A Christmas Memory. Name two characters other than the woman that gave of themselves in some way in this book. Name a specific instance for both characters and explain what their expectations were after they gave of themselves. Compare and contrast these two characters' methods of giving.

Essay Topic 2

Why do you think that making fruitcakes was beneficial and essential for the woman to accomplish each season? Did Truman get the same benefits from making fruitcakes? What character changes and improvements did Truman experience from being involved with the fruitcake making?

Essay Topic 3

Truman and the woman seem to have a similar relationship with the relatives, but in what ways do you think their relationship with the relatives might differ? Compare and contrast these relationships and how it affected each character involved.

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