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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. Where is the first school performance that Thaddeus Bristol critiques?

2. What kind of suit is Jim Timothy wearing in church?

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

4. According to Jim Timothy the child whose mother performed surgery was dying of _________.

5. What does Jim Timothy say Christmas is about?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Who is Jim Timothy addressing in "Based Upon A True Story"?

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

5. How does "Christmas Means Giving" end?

6. What is the premise of 'Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol "?

7. Why is Jim Timothy interested in one of the church members?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What do these stories reveal about the importance of social status in American middle-class culture?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

What is the lasting impression that "Holidays on Ice" makes on the reader? What do you think the author's intent was in writing this story collection?

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