View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What are the names of the twins in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) Dan and Bill.
(b) Taylor and Weston.
(c) Smith and Wesson.
(d) Hudson and Potomac.

3. Thaddeus Bristol says it's hard to look past Dickens' what?
(a) Heart-warming story.
(b) Egocentric language.
(c) Brilliant dialogue.
(d) Dime store morality.

4. Jim Timothy says the best stories are what?
(a) Funny.
(b) Free.
(c) Sad.
(d) True.

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

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

7. How long after the miraculous surgery in "Based Upon a True Story" does the boy die?
(a) 6 days.
(b) 3 days.
(c) 5 days.
(d) 2 days.

8. To what charity did the narrator give $2 in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) Clean Water Fund.
(b) Inner City Headache Fund.
(c) Inner City Holiday Fun.
(d) Clean Air Fund.

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

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

11. According to Jim Timothy the child whose mother performed surgery was dying of _________.
(a) Cancer.
(b) Heart failure.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Kidney failure.

12. What does Thaddeus Bristol say is ironically missing from each performance?
(a) Good scripts.
(b) Adorable children.
(c) Enthusiasm.
(d) Christmas spirit.

13. What does he narrator give the beggar the first time he sees him in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) A bite in the leg.
(b) A dollar.
(c) A coat.
(d) A turkey leg.

14. What was Jim Timothy's show about rednecks called?
(a) "Oh, Susannah."
(b) "Crackers 'n' Company."
(c) "Eight is Too Much."
(d) "American Idiots."

15. How old is Eileen Cottingham in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 8.
(d) 6.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is Thaddeus Bristol the most annoyed with during the Christmas performances?

3. What would the narrator use a silver wand for on Christmas day in "Christmas Means Giving"?

4. What does Jim Timothy offer to the pastor of the church?

5. What was the name of the actor who played Scrooge?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 406 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample