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Grammar For Grownups
A manual for people who have to use language in the real world.

Grammar for Grownups Quiz 20

For the holidays! Try these:

1. "Bells on bob-tails ring..." Bob-tails are:

a) birds
b) intricate finger jewels
c) plastic surgery

2. "Deck the halls" means:

a) bring out the playing cards
b) knock down the walls
c) lay down a wooden floor

3. "We three kings of Orient Tar" refers to

a) a region of China
b) a grease pit
c) the game of poker

4. Gifts of myrrh represent

a) dress designer Myrtle Harris
b) a kind of medication
c) an herb

5. A dreidel is

a) a power tool
b) a form of hair braid
c) a mistress

6. "O Little Town of Bethlehem" was written

a) by William Penn
b) by a New Yorker with values
c) as a slur on villages

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