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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. What is the name of the Cottingham's maid?
(a) Helvetica.
(b) Calista.
(c) Verdana.
(d) Tahoma.
2. What does Thaddeus Bristol compare children's Christmas pageants to at the beginning of his story?
(a) Candy.
(b) Crime.
(c) Coronary.
(d) Cancer.
3. Thaddeus Bristol compares the performance at Scottsfield Elementary School to what?
(a) Overstuffed turkey.
(b) Pumpkin pie.
(c) Mushy stuffing.
(d) Stale bread.
4. What is Thaddeus Bristol's opinion of "A Christmas Carol" in general?
(a) A stinker.
(b) A masterpiece.
(c) A dud.
(d) A classic.
5. 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 turkey leg.
(c) A coat.
(d) A dollar.
Short Answer Questions
1. How much time does Jim Timothy give the congregation to take him up on his offer?
2. What is the name of the show at Scottsfield Elementary?
3. The narrator has three grills: one for beef, one for chicken and one for ________.
4. What do the Cottinghams give the beggar the first time?
5. What is the narrator's family watching after a "gut busting" Thanksgiving dinner in "Christmas Means Giving"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is particularly disturbing about Beth's medical contributions?
2. How does Jim Timothy's studio gain the rights to real life stories?
3. Whose performance receives the only compliment from Thaddeus Bristol?
4. What does Thaddeus Bristol see as the flaws in "A Reindeer's Gift" at Scottsfield Elementary?
5. What is Thaddeus Bristol's complaint about the performance at Sacred Heart Elementary?
6. What is Jim Timothy's definition of Art?
7. What happens when the Cottingham family move into next door to the narrator in "Christmas Means Giving"?
8. What happens one Thanksgiving when a beggar knocks on the narrator's door in "Christmas Means Giving"?
9. What has been the trajectory of Jim Timothy's career?
10. What does Jim Timothy offer the members of the congregation if they help him?
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