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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. Thaddeus Bristol says bad theater was used as torture before the invention of the _____.

3. What show does Thaddeus Bristol say the Scottsfield Dinner Theater put on in 1994?

4. How old is the child that the mother performed surgery on, according to Jim Timothy?

5. Who is the attorney of the mother her performed surgery on her own son in "Based Upon a True Story"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Jim Timothy?

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

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

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

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

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

7. What does Thaddeus Bristol see as the irony in the Christmas pageants he critiques?

8. What do the Cottingham's usually send out as a Christmas card?

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What qualities does Jocelyn Dunbar embody both as a character and as a narrator of the story? What makes her a reliable or unreliable narrator?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the irony of the situation for the following characters: Jocelyn Dunbar, young David Sedaris and Jim Timothy.

Essay Topic 3

What is the meaning behind the title for the story collection, "Holidays on Ice"?

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