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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before visiting the church, where else has Jim Timothy recently been?
(a) Paris.
(b) London.
(c) New York.
(d) San Francisco.

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

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

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

5. Doug Cottingham gives the beggar the keys to his________.
(a) Riding vacuum.
(b) Mercedes.
(c) House.
(d) Traveling sauna.

6. How old is the director of "A Christmas Carol"?
(a) 88.
(b) 22.
(c) 12.
(d) 11.

7. Tiny Tim's performance rivals the ________ for brightness.
(a) Street light.
(b) Exit sign.
(c) Spotlight.
(d) Moonlight.

8. What is Jim Timothy's title?
(a) Director.
(b) Executive Producer.
(c) Studio Executive.
(d) Writer.

9. What does Jim Timothy call the people he is addressing in the church?
(a) Hicks.
(b) Rubes.
(c) Rednecks.
(d) Hillbillies.

10. The son in "Based Upon a True Story" is hit by what kind of truck?
(a) Delivery.
(b) Satellite.
(c) Garbage.
(d) Cable.

11. One of the actors in "A Christmas Carol" had just lost his foot to what?
(a) Car accident.
(b) Cancer.
(c) Bug bite.
(d) Diabetes.

12. What kind of suit is Jim Timothy wearing in church?
(a) Ralph Lauren.
(b) Tommy Hilfiger.
(c) Savile Row.
(d) Adolpho.

13. What is all over the beggar's beard when he shows up at the narrator's door in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) Mud.
(b) Dressing.
(c) Blood.
(d) Jam.

14. Where do they find the narrator's dead sons?
(a) The Cottingham's basement.
(b) Traveling sauna.
(c) A ditch.
(d) Their front yard.

15. What is the final gift the narrator gives the beggar in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) His liver.
(b) His VCR.
(c) His wife.
(d) His sons.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator carry around with him to prove his generosity in "Christmas Means Giving"?

2. What is the name of the Cottingham's maid?

3. Beth makes a necklace out of __________ in "Christmas Means Giving."

4. What does Jim Timothy say is an indication he is not from the area?

5. What does the mother who performed surgery on her own son say saved him in "Based Upon a True Story"?

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