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1. Most people already know that the best Christmas present for a nine-year-old boy from Indiana should be some sort of a gun. Maybe not a Luger, but some sort of weapon to show your friends the type of man you really are. What was the name of the gun that Ralphie dearly wanted?
2. Ralphie's Old Man could be, at times, a grouch. He cursed too much and he hated the next door neighbor's dogs with a passion. According to Ralphie, his Old Man was neither a Catholic, nor a Baptist, but he was a what?
3. One would think that the setting of "A Christmas Story" might have been somewhere in the Midwest, and they would have been right. But what city did all this turmoil take place?
4. Ralphie did have a younger brother. The younger Parker was always teased by his brother and the kids in the neighborhood. One day his mother wrapped him so tightly for school that he looked like a lumpy red marshmallow. What was Ralphie's brother's name?
5. On another freezing December day, Ralphie and some of his buddies set off for school. Eventually one of the boys gets "triple-dog-dared" to stick his tongue on the school's freezing flag pole since no one would be so foolish to do so. Who stuck his tongue on the flagpole?
6. You might think Ralphie and Schwartz stayed outside to help their incapacitated buddy, but no, they didn't. Instead, the late bell rings and both of them run up to the classroom where their teacher and classmates were already there. What was the name of their teacher?
7. Each week leading up to Christmas, Ralphie religiously listens to a radio broadcast message to receive clues he can use to decipher with his "Little Orphan Annie" Decoder Ring. Ralphie once again gets bamboozled, and eventually can tell it's only a glorified commercial. What message did the announcer tell Ralphie to always drink?
8. Christmas was not only a big affair at the Parker's house, but Aunt Clara loved to surprise the boys with her unique gifts. What present did Aunt Clara get for Ralphie for Christmas?
9. It's late afternoon in the Parker home and the Old Man is relaxing by reading the daily paper. Moments later the Bumpus' hounds push open the screen door and eat the family Christmas turkey. Now what are they going to do?
10. The most magnificent part of the movie is the day when the Old Man proudly wins a Major Award. Crated in a wooden box with the word "FRAGILE" stamped on the outside, it prompts the Old Man to say, "It must be Italian." What does he happily receive that he displays in the front window much to his wife's chagrin?
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