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

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

3. What do the Cottinghams send out for a Christmas card?
(a) Xeroxed copy of stock portfolio.
(b) Family pictured with last year's gifts.
(c) Family pictured working at a soup kitchen.
(d) Dollar bills.

4. What would the narrator use a silver wand for on Christmas day in "Christmas Means Giving"?
(a) Disappearing.
(b) Granting wishes.
(c) Stabbing beggars.
(d) Throwing up.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does Thaddeus Bristol compare children's Christmas pageants to at the beginning of his story?

3. Jim Timothy touts his skills as a __________.

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

5. What body part does Doug Cottingham donate first?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jim Timothy?

2. What is particularly disturbing about Beth's medical contributions?

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

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

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

6. Whose performance receives the only compliment from Thaddeus Bristol?

7. Why can't Jim Timothy contact the women in the church who performed the miraculous surgery?

8. What is Thaddeus Bristol's complaint about the performance at Sacred Heart Elementary?

9. What does Thaddeus Bristol conclude about parental encouragement?

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

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