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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 does the Fun and Freak show feature?
2. What do Truman and the woman do when they find they may have saved $13?
3. The woman is afraid that they will put someone where if they "mess around with" her superstition?
4. Where are the nuts that are used to make the fruitcake that is found?
5. The woman knows an old time Indian cure that is supposed to remove what?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the mill owner's wife do and how does the woman react?
2. Describe Mr. Haha Jones' wife.
3. Name some ways that Truman and the woman earned money to make fruitcake.
4. What is one theme that Truman Capote brings out in A Christmas Memory? Name one part of the story that uses this theme.
5. What does the kite look like that the woman gives Truman for Christmas?
6. Why are the relatives referred to as "those who know best"?
7. What does the term "fruitcake weather" refer to?
8. In what way is the woman strong?
9. Why does the woman still act like a child?
10. What is Mr. Haha Jones' occupation?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Who is your favorite character in A Christmas Memory? What benefits does this character bring to the story? Without this character in the story, how would things be different? Name some things that might remain the same if this character did not exist.
Essay Topic 2
There are some uses of symbolism in A Christmas Memory. Name two instances where the author uses a particular object or event to symbolize something else and explain why you think this symbolism was used.
Essay Topic 3
In Section 2, the relatives find the woman giving Truman whiskey and yell at her. The woman runs to her room and cries all night. Why do you think this made the woman so emotional when she already knew what the relatives were like? How does Truman cheer her up and why does this work?
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