1. How did the author's grandmother and hersiblings manage to receive Christmas gifts during the Depression?
A) They earned money to buy gifts for eachother.      
B) They made pretend presents with oldthings.
C) They started buying gifts inOctober.               
D) They gave each other weird gifts.
2. The author isn't sure whether her auntand uncle really liked the gift because __
A) the gift was not good enough forthem              
B) they had been guided to say they likedit
C) they were accustomed to tell whitelies              
D) they were too polite to hurt her feeling
3. What's the purpose of Talwar's study?
A) To see how kids respond to unwantedgifts.         
B) To test kids' ability to refuse theirdislikes.
C) To study how parents react to kids'lies.            
D) To check how polite the kids are.
4. Compared with the young kids, the olderones __
A) are more likely to tell their truefeeling            
B) are more frequently encouraged to telllies
C) consider the white lies acceptable                   
D) have higher percentage of lying aboutthe gift
5. From the kids' point of view, lying __
A) is acceptable as long as it can helpothers          
B) is not bad if it doesn't get thempunished
C) is a good way to protect other'sfeeling             
D) is not acceptable even it is a white lie6. What's the parents' reaction to their children's white lies about the oldsoap?
A) They feel proud to hear theirresponse.              
B) They scold them for telling liesafterwards.
C) They teach them when to tell a whitelie.          
D) They tell them not to tell lies again.
7. When the kids are telling lies about theugly soap, they feel __
A) disappointed            
B) indifferent           
C) uncomfortable        
D) satisfied
8. One fifth 11-year-old kids still expresstheir unhappiness of the unwanted gift despite their parents'
9. Parents should explain to kids thereason for telling white lies is to
10. If adults continue to tell white lies,kids may be more likely to adopt this strategy of lying to escape __

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