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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 type of work does Truman like best when making the fruitcakes?
2. In Section 1, how old is Truman?
3. What does the woman dip?
4. What do Truman and the woman kill to receive money from relatives?
5. From whom does Truman learn the true meaning of Christmas?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe the celebration after completing the fruitcakes.
2. Describe the place where the woman and Truman find the tree.
3. Describe Mr. Haha Jones' wife.
4. How does the woman stay the same after Truman leaves for military school?
5. Why does the woman still act like a child?
6. What does the kite look like that the woman gives Truman for Christmas?
7. Name some ways that Truman and the woman earned money to make fruitcake.
8. What are some of the woman's physical features that Truman mentions in the story?
9. What type of genre do you consider A Christmas Memory to be, and why?
10. What is the contrast between Mr. Haha Jones' cafe in the day versus the night?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
The introduction of Mr. Haha Jones also introduces the theme of not judging a book by its cover. Even though the woman had other people judge her do you think it was hard for her not to judge Mr. Haha Jones? Why or why not? Do you think there are other characters in this book that experienced this problem either by being the one judged or being the one who judges others? Name one of these characters and explain their involvement with this theme.
Essay Topic 2
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?
Essay Topic 3
Explain the simple things that the woman enjoys in life. Does this make the woman an easy target for people to ridicule her? Why? Do you think the woman cared that people thought she was strange or different? What simple things do you think Truman learned to enjoy from the woman? Do you think the relatives enjoyed any of life's simplicities? Why or why not?
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