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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What do Dave and his fellow editors decide to add to the magazine?

2. Who takes Dave to the hospital?

3. What does Sari write about?

4. How does the magazine celebrate the obituary issue?

5. What is the name of the girl Dave tracks down in this chapter?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Dave decide to apply for The Real World?

2. In what way is Toph still a big part of Dave's life?

3. What happens when the magazine claims Adam Rich has been murdered?

4. What happens to John in this chapter?

5. What is the misunderstanding between the Might magazine and Where in the World is Carmen San Diego in Chapter 8?

6. Describe Dave's interview with the producer in Chapter 6.

7. How does Dave deal with John in Chapter 7?

8. Describe Dave's first exposure to hatred.

9. Why is the apartment not a good place to live?

10. How does the Real Show eventually help Dave to promote the Might magazine?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choose one of the following options and discuss how illness affected that particular area in Eggers' life.

1) Work

2) Social life

3) Intimate relationships

4) Family

Essay Topic 2

How does Dave's obsession with death affect his life? How does he get over his obsession?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Dave's family.

1) How important is Dave's family to him? Are there some members of his family that were more important than others?

2) What would have happened to Dave if he did not have his family around when his parents died?

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