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Quiz about Skipping Christmas
Quiz about Skipping Christmas

Skipping Christmas Trivia Quiz


This is about John Grisham's book 'Skipping Christmas'. This is a wonderful book, and I have already read it three times. If you haven't read this book, I would suggest it. I would advise you to read it before taking this quiz.

A multiple-choice quiz by SapphireTiger31. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
104,316
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
1417
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Question 1 of 10
1. Why are the main characters choosing to skip Christmas? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. What do the characters plan on doing to not be in the spirit of Christmas? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Do Luther and Nora end up going on the trip?


Question 4 of 10
4. What do the houses on their street have on the roof every Christmas? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which of his neighbors' trees did he end up taking? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What is the address of Nora and Luther's house? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. What was the name of the tanning salon in the book? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Who did Luther end up giving the trip to? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. What kind of food did Nora buy to serve at the Christmas party? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. How much money had Luther and Nora spent on Christmas in the past year? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Why are the main characters choosing to skip Christmas?

Answer: Their daughter won't be home

They skip the holiday is because their daughter, Blair, won't be home. She is going to Peru to help the children, and won't be back for a year.
2. What do the characters plan on doing to not be in the spirit of Christmas?

Answer: taking a cruise

They are planning on going on a cruise. Luther, one of the main characters, goes to a travel agency and gets this cruise deal, and when he returns home that night from work, he springs the idea off of his wife, Nora. Both of them start going on a diet, and go to a tanning bed to be in shape for the trip.
3. Do Luther and Nora end up going on the trip?

Answer: No

Unfortunatly, Luther and Nora don't get to go. Blair calls and says that she is coming home with Enrique, this guy she met down in Peru, and then Nora and Luther have to run around like crazy to get ready for Blair and Enrique. Luther and Nora have a Christmas party at their house every year, so there is no time like last minute to get ready for this major holiday blowout.
4. What do the houses on their street have on the roof every Christmas?

Answer: Frosty

Every year at Christmas, Frostys oversee the street. It is a tradition on the street to decorate with Frosty on the roof. However, when Luther and Nora learn there isn't much time to get ready for the holiday, she makes Luther get up there and put up Frosty. He ends up slipping on a patch of ice, and falling off the roof. He ends up being okay.
5. Which of his neighbors' trees did he end up taking?

Answer: Trogdens'

He ends up taking the Trogdens' tree. The boy scouts had come around earlier to talk him in to buying one, but he turn them down. However, when he learned that Blair was coming back home for Christmas after all, he had to run around finding a tree. The only one he found was a dead one with all of the needles falling off.

He talked one of the neighborhood kids into helping him tree lift. The Trogdens go away on a skiing trip every Christmas anyway, so he knew their tree would be perfect.
6. What is the address of Nora and Luther's house?

Answer: 1478 Hemlock

The address of Nora and Luther Krank is 1478 Hemlock. You find that out when Nora tells someone the address to her house. It is only mentioned once in the book.
7. What was the name of the tanning salon in the book?

Answer: Tans Forever

The name of the tanning salon was Tans Forever. You read the name of it when Luther went in to sign up for a tanning package. He had signed both him and Nora up for one so they would look good in time for the trip that they learned later on wouldn't be happening.
8. Who did Luther end up giving the trip to?

Answer: The Scheels

He ended up giving the trip to Walt and Bev Scheel. He thought they might like to have it and when he went to give it to them, they kept saying that they couldn't take it, but of course Luther insisted.
9. What kind of food did Nora buy to serve at the Christmas party?

Answer: smoked trout

When Nora called Luther from the grocery, she told him the only thing that she could find when smoked trout.
10. How much money had Luther and Nora spent on Christmas in the past year?

Answer: $ 6,100

Luther being, an accountant got all the receipts from the previous Christmas, and figured up all the expenses; it totaled sixty-one hundred dollars. That made him mad becauese there wasn't anything to show for it.
Source: Author SapphireTiger31

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