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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. How old is the director of "A Christmas Carol"?

2. What does Doug Cottingham have a collection of?

3. Tiny Tim's performance rivals the ________ for brightness.

4. What is the denomination of the church where Jim Timothy is speaking?

5. What are the names of the twins in "Christmas Means Giving"?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Jim Timothy's studio gain the rights to real life stories?

2. What is the premise of "A Reindeer's Gift"?

3. What are Thaddeus Bristol's complaints about the performance of "A Christmas Carol"?

4. What do the Cottingham's and then narrator give to the beggar starting on the next Thanksgiving?

5. Who is Jim Timothy?

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

7. How does the giving contest become gruesome in "Christmas Means Giving"?

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

9. What is the purpose of the narrator's Christmas card in "Christmas Means Giving"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the character of Thaddeus Bristol and what he represents in society.

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of the character Dinah? What is the greater truth that she helps illustrate?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of misguided expectations and how it resonates throughout the book.

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