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NOTE. Truman Capote is the "P' of this story.
1. Name the month in which the Capote family's fireplace began its seasonal roar (i.e. being used a
lot.)
2.
( T or F) Due to a long youthful illness, Capote's older cousin's shoulders are pitifully hunched.
3.
At the beginning of this autobiography (a) how old is Capote, and (b) how old is Capote's cousin?
4.
(T or F) Capote's cousin has been living with the Capote family for as long as she can remember.
5.
What name does Capote's cousin call him?
6.
Why were there no birds singing outside the bouse on this cold November morning?
7.
How many fruitcakes are Capote (i.e. Buddy) and his cousin going to make?
8.
For whom had the dilapidated baby carriage (i.e. buggy) been bought?
9.
What is used as a truck for hauling firewood, and as a warm bed for Queenie, (their little orange and white rat terrier dog?)
10. Define (a) distemper and (b) hulling.
11. As they are hulling the pecans, where do they throw the hulls?
12. (T or F) Capote tells his cousin that they'll need a pony to pull the buggy (filled with all the ingredients they've bought
at stores) home because it will be so loaded-down.
13. (T or F) Capote and his cousin have plenty of money in which to buy all the ingredients for the fruitcakes.
14. Capote and his cousin entered the Fun and Freak Museum contest. (a) What was the Freak, and (b) how much did they earn
during the contest?
15. In what do they store the monies that they save
earn from
selling
fruitcakes?
for their
fruitcake
fund?
16. (T or F) Every Saturday Capote and his cousin go to the picture show, which costs each of them lOt.
17. Who has never seen a movie, never eaten in a restaurant, traveled more than five miles from home, cursed. or told a lie on
purpose?
18. (T or F) Capote and his cousin both believe in ghosts.
19. After supper Capote and his cousin go to her bedroom and uncover all the money they have saved in the bead purse. (a) How
much money did Capote's cousin count that they had, and (b) how much did Capote count?
20. (T or F) One can conclude that Capote's cousin is superstitious by what she believes will happen if they have $13.00 in
the bead purse.
21. Of all the ingredients that go into a fruitcake, which is the most expensive?
22. Who owns a fish-fry and dancing cafe down by the river?
23. (T or F) People call Mr. Jones Haha because he's so gloomy-a man who never laughs.
24. (T or F) Even though sinful people frequent Halla's log-cabin cafe, no one has been killed there.
25. (T or F) Mr. Jones is a small man.
26. Why did Capote and his cousin go to see Mr. Haha Jones?
27. After Mr. Jones received the two dollars for the whiskey, he gave the money back. What did he want from them instead?
28. We'll put an extra cup of
in his cake.
29. (a) How many days did it take to prepare all the fruitcakes, and (b) how many fruitcakes were made?
30. (T or F) The fruitcakes were made to give only to Capote's and his cousin's close friends.
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31. (T or F) Capote's cousin is shy with everyone except strangers.
32. (T or F) They took the fruitcakes to the post office, and spent all the money they had saved in order to mail the fruitcakes
to different places.
33. What does Truman Capote want to become when he gets older?
34. (T or F) Capote's relatives are angry with him because he has drunk whisky.
35. To whom is Capote speaking when he says, "Don't cry."?
36. (T or F) Capote's cousin teUs him that the Christmas tree (that is located far off in the woods) must be twice as tall as a
boy so the boy cannot steal the star that is located on the top of the tree.
37. What did they use to transport the heavy tree from the forest to home?
38. Who snores loudly by the fireplace?
39. (a) What is Capote going to give his cousin for Christmas, and (b) what would his cousin like to give him?
40. For the last several Christmases, what has Capote's cousin given him?
41. What is Queenie's (the dog) traditional Christmas gift?
42. What is Capote's cousin going to give him for Christmas?
43. (T or F) On Christmas morning, as part of breakfast, the Capote family ate fried squirrel.
44. Who received for Christmas socks, a Sunday school shirt, handkerchiefs, a hand-me-down sweater, and a year's subscription
of a religious magazine for children?
45. A year from now, who wiU be buried in the pasture below the house?
46. Life separates us. Those who
decide that I belong in a
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47. In the years that follow (now that they live in different houses and never visit each other), (a) what does Capote's cousin
enclose in every letter she sends him, and (b) for what purpose?
48. What has happened to Capote's cousin at the end of the story?
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At the beginning of this autobiography (a) how old is Capote, and (b) how old is Capote's cousin?(a.)
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What name does Capote's cousin calI him?
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How many fruitcakes are Capote (i.e. Buddy) and his cousin going to make?
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What is used as a truck for hauling firewood, and as a warm bed for Queenie, (their little orange and white rat terrier dog?)
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13. (T or ~ Capote and his cousin have plenty of money in which to buy all the ingredients for the fruitcakes.
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