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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator of "Jamboree" staying with his sister?
(a) He is protecting his sister.
(b) He is looking for a new apartment.
(c) His father threw him out.
(d) He cannot afford to rent his own apartment.

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

3. Which of the following is NOT an item in the narrator's duffel bag in "After Malison"?
(a) Bethany's manuscript
(b) A change of clothes
(c) Malison's books
(d) Birth control

4. What did the narrator's sister, Vicki aspire to be when she was younger? ("Jamboree")
(a) A singer
(b) A designer
(c) A dancer
(d) A record producer

5. What color does the narrator paint the baby's nursery in "Jamboree"?
(a) Pink
(b) Blue
(c) Orange
(d) Yellow

Short Answer Questions

1. Who are the readers of "Giantess" magazine?

2. Where is Mrs. Dunbar, supposedly, when Don is killed in "Season's Greetings..."?

3. According to the narrator of "Santaland Diaries", who is "overall the cutest elf"?

4. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion the editor of Giantess magazine gives the narrator in "Giantess"?

5. Who are the "really bitter elves" according to the author in "Santaland Diaries"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the narrator's mother give him before she dies in "Barrel Fever"? Why does she give him this gift?

2. Describe Kyle Dunbar in "Season's Greetings to Our Family and Friends".

3. Describe "the Walrus" in "Santaland Diaries".

4. Describe Marty Jr.'s appearance in "Jamboree".

5. What story does the narrator of "Giantess" think he and Lili should tell the man whose plate they broke?

6. What are the two reasons the narrator gives for boycotting Malison's reading in "After Malison"?

7. What theme joins the four scenarios in "The Curly Kind"?

8. Who is Trudy Chase in "Barrel Fever"? How does the narrator react to a phone call from Trudy?

9. What disgusts the narrator of "After Malison" the most during his master's writing seminar?

10. Describe Santa Santa in "Santaland Diaries".

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