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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Christmas Means Giving.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the Cottinghams send out for a Christmas card?
(a) Family pictured with last year's gifts.
(b) Family pictured working at a soup kitchen.
(c) Xeroxed copy of stock portfolio.
(d) Dollar bills.

2. Where does the mother perform surgery on her own son, according to Jim Timothy?
(a) Barn.
(b) Kitchen.
(c) Car.
(d) Yard.

3. One afternoon they set a record at SantaLand by getting _______ people through in one hour.
(a) 1200.
(b) 1000.
(c) 600.
(d) 1400.

4. Jim Timothy describes the congregation as ___________.
(a) Stupid.
(b) Devout.
(c) Lovely.
(d) Ignorant.

5. What is the name of the Cottingham's maid?
(a) Tahoma.
(b) Helvetica.
(c) Verdana.
(d) Calista.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Khe Sahn wear to the Dunbar Thanksgiving dinner?

2. The narrator has three grills: one for beef, one for chicken and one for ________.

3. Joceylyn Dunbar compares Khe Sahn to what?

4. What does the narrator give the beggar the second Thanksgiving he comes along in "Christmas Means Giving"?

5. How quickly could Santa and elf Sedaris get kids on and off Santa's lap on Christmas Eve?

(see the answer key)

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