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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the woman say she'll add an extra cup of when she makes Mr. Haha Jones' fruitcake?

2. Why does the woman want the tree to be twice as tall as a boy?

3. How many relatives walk in on the celebration of sending out all the fruitcakes?

4. What grates against the window?

5. What is the last thing that the woman and Truman buy that delivers them broke?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Section 1 mentions that the woman and Truman take great care in gathering ingredients to make fruitcake. What do you think it means that they "took great care"? Explain ways that you think the woman and Truman took care in gathering ingredients and also explain other instances where they might have expressed great care in doing something.

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

The book, A Christmas Memory, was based on Truman Capote's life. Truman Capote became a well known writer. How do you think his childhood experiences contributed to his outcome as a human being? Obviously Truman's cousin influenced him for the better, but what other characters do you think shaped Truman into the eventual adult he would become? How did these character's influence Truman's future?

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