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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where are the Baptist missionaries?

2. Where is Queenie not allowed?

3. While Truman and the woman are searching for the Christmas tree, they come across frogs the size of what?

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

5. Who gets a fruitcake for waving as they pass by?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Truman and the woman are similar in many ways but they do have some distinguishable differences. Compare and contrast the two characters in detail. Explain their relationship and how they each affect the other characters in the book.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

There are obviously conflict issues between characters in A Christmas Memory. Truman and the woman have conflict with the relatives but are there other characters that they find conflict with? Do you think either Truman or the woman experience conflict within themselves? In what ways? Name one particular conflicting relationship between two characters in the book. Describe what the conflict does to the outcome of both characters.

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