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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 does Anita O'Day claim is the manager of her record company?
(a) Her mother
(b) Herself
(c) No one
(d) Her dog

2. In "We Get Along", what does the narrator's father record in a notebook hidden in his desk drawer?
(a) Bets placed by tenants
(b) Secret information about his tenants
(c) Women he has had affairs with.
(d) Men he has had affairs with.

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

4. What does the narrator of "Parade" say people are constantly asking him for?
(a) Attention
(b) Advice
(c) Approval
(d) Money

5. What does Khe Sahn wear to Thanksgiving dinner in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) Nothing
(b) A dress Jocelyn made for her
(c) A bikini
(d) An extremely short dress

Short Answer Questions

1. What game do the narrator and his siblings play during Christmas in "Diary of a Smoker"?

2. What does the narrator notice about all of the people hired as elves in "Santaland Diaries"?

3. Who is Khe Sahn in "Season's Greetings..."?

4. Who does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" picture attending his imaginary nightclub act?

5. What does the narrator change his elf name to when he has bad days at work in "Santaland Diaries"?

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