Quiz: Understanding "Santaland Diaries" Chapter 2

What is the Maze Elf’s job?

• To play with the children.

• To hurry the parents along.

• To take photographs of Santa.

• To clean Santa’s house.

Why does the author imagine being on a family’s Christmas tape?

• He loves Christmas.

• He is proud of his job.

• He thinks people will question why he’s on their tape.

• He wants to become famous.

What happens when young children sit on Santa’s lap?

• They smile happily.

• They often start crying.

• They talk about their Christmas lists.

• They laugh at Santa’s jokes.

What unusual thing happened with a foreign visitor to SantaLand?

• He gave Santa a gift.

• He couldn’t understand the questions.

• He asked to take Santa out for dinner.

• He brought his family but left them at the entrance.

Why do parents like pictures of crying children?

• They think it’s funny.

• It reminds them of their childhood.

• It shows effort, even if the child isn’t smiling.

• It’s cheaper than a smiling photo.

Match the following words with their definitions:

• a meeting, especially one that is unexpected or unusual.

• Encounter

• controlled by someone to make everything look perfect.

• Grimace

• a book where you collect photos or memories.

• Art-directed

• a twisted expression showing pain or unhappiness.

• Scrapbook

Complete the sentence using the words below:

Santa’s visitors often have their photos carefully (a)   by parents.

• encounter

• grimace

• grooming

• art-directed

Complete the sentence using the words below:

When a child cries, they often have a forced (a)   n their face.

• art-directed

• encounter

• grooming

• grimace

The parents are busy (a)   their child’s hair and outfit before the photo.

• grooming
• art-directed
• encounter
• grimace

The family kept all their Christmas pictures in a large (a)   ?

• scrapbook
• art-directed
• encounter
• grimace