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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Thaddeus Bristol, what has no place in the theater?
(a) Sentimentality.
(b) Cute children.
(c) Christmas spirit.
(d) Parental pride.

2. What kind of dog plays Blitzen in the Scottsfield Elementary School performance?
(a) Golden retriever.
(b) Poodle.
(c) Great Dane.
(d) Basset hound.

3. What are all the top hats made from in the performances Thaddeus Bristol sees?
(a) Oatmeal canisters.
(b) Trashcans.
(c) Buckets.
(d) Felt.

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

5. What do the Cottinghams give the beggar the second Thanksgiving he comes along?
(a) Eight-track tape deck.
(b) Car.
(c) Sun lamp.
(d) VCR.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator's family watching after a "gut busting" Thanksgiving dinner in "Christmas Means Giving"?

2. What does Thaddeus Bristol refer to the performers as at Jane Snow-Hernandez Elementary School?

3. What was Jim Timothy's show about rednecks called?

4. What does Jim Timothy say Christmas is about?

5. What is the name of the show at Scottsfield Elementary?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Thaddeus Bristol rate Becky Michaels as a director?

2. What does Jim Timothy offer the members of the congregation if they help him?

3. What happens when the Cottingham family move into next door to the narrator in "Christmas Means Giving"?

4. What is Jim Timothy's definition of Art?

5. How does the narrator describe his feelings on the last Christmas described in "Christmas Means Giving"?

6. What is the great choice that Jim Timothy suggests the people of Jasper's Breath have in front of them?

7. What does Thaddeus Bristol see as the flaws in "A Reindeer's Gift" at Scottsfield Elementary?

8. What has been the trajectory of Jim Timothy's career?

9. What did Thaddeus Bristol have to say about the performances of Mary and Joseph in the Sacred Heart Elementary school play?

10. What does the narrator discover happens to his sons after he gives them to the beggar?

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