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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the town where Jim Timothy is speaking to a church congregation?
(a) Jessep's Breath.
(b) Jethro's Breath.
(c) Jacob's Breath.
(d) Jasper's Breath.

2. What does Thaddeus Bristol refer to the performers as at Jane Snow-Hernandez Elementary School?
(a) Sadists.
(b) Cuties.
(c) Amateurs.
(d) Professionals.

3. 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.

4. Thaddeus Bristol calls the costumes in "A Christmas Carol" __________.
(a) Charming.
(b) Disasterous.
(c) Clever.
(d) Abysmal.

5. What do the Cottinghams immediately build next door to the narrator?
(a) Skating rink.
(b) Sauna.
(c) Rotunda.
(d) Movie theater.

6. What does Beth die from in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Tuberculosis.
(c) Starvation.
(d) Pneumonia.

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

8. What show does Thaddeus Bristol say the Scottsfield Dinner Theater put on in 1994?
(a) Cats.
(b) Come Blow Your Horn.
(c) Camelot.
(d) Fiddler on the Roof.

9. Thaddeus Bristol compares the smiles of the children actors to what at the end of his tirade?
(a) Bungee cords.
(b) Seesaws.
(c) Scarecrows.
(d) Devils.

10. Who does Thaddeus Bristol blame for most the problems with "A Christmas Carol" performance?
(a) Staging.
(b) Script.
(c) Director.
(d) Acting.

11. What does the mother who performed surgery on her own son say saved him in "Based Upon a True Story"?
(a) Prayer.
(b) The weather.
(c) The Lord.
(d) Luck.

12. What does Thaddeus Bristol compare children's Christmas pageants to at the beginning of his story?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Candy.
(c) Crime.
(d) Coronary.

13. What does Jim Timothy say Christmas is about?
(a) Hope.
(b) Gifts.
(c) Love.
(d) Sharing.

14. Thaddeus Bristol says bad theater was used as torture before the invention of the _____.
(a) Sleep deprivation.
(b) Thumb screw.
(c) Electric shock.
(d) Stretching rack.

15. Thaddeus Bristol compares the three wise men to what in one performance?
(a) Three amigoes.
(b) Three birds on a fence.
(c) Three babies.
(d) Three Stooges.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the Cottinghams give the beggar the first time?

2. Who is the attorney of the mother her performed surgery on her own son in "Based Upon a True Story"?

3. What is Jim Timothy's title?

4. According to Jim Timothy the child whose mother performed surgery was dying of _________.

5. To what charity did the narrator give $2 in "Christmas Means Giving"?

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