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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the narrator of "Barrel Fever"?
(a) Dolph
(b) Hope
(c) Gill Pullen
(d) Dolph's mother

2. Why does the narrator of "After Malison" agree to let the old man sit at her table at the hotel bar?
(a) She wants to get him to buy her a drink.
(b) She feels sorry for him.
(c) She wants to study him for a piece of writing she is working on.
(d) She believes he is Malison.

3. According to Jocelyn Dunbar in "Season's Greetings...", who is the most intelligent of her children"
(a) Kevin
(b) Jackelyn
(c) Kyle
(d) Khe Sahn

4. Why does the boy in the elevator refuse the Cheetos in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) They are not the curly kind.
(b) He wanted potato chips.
(c) They were crushed.
(d) They are stale.

5. In "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter", whose voice do the trees in Glen's fake dream have?
(a) Melinda's
(b) Drew's
(c) His mother's
(d) Glen's

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator, what type of adults most often visit Santa in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. What causes Chad to suspect that his father has read his "manuscript" in "My Manuscript"?

3. What color does the narrator paint the baby's nursery in "Jamboree"?

4. What did the narrator of "Parade"'s parents predict he would become?

5. What business are the narrator's parents in in "We Get Along"?

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