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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 did the narrator's sister, Vicki aspire to be when she was younger? ("Jamboree")
2. Who did the narrator of "Jamboree" believe would want to "cash in" on his sister's success?
3. According to Jocelyn Dunbar in "Season's Greetings...", who is the most intelligent of her children"
4. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion the editor of Giantess magazine gives the narrator in "Giantess"?
5. Who is Timothy Speaks in "Season's Greetings..."?
Short Essay Questions
1. Describe Marty Jr.'s appearance in "Jamboree".
2. How does the author feel about adults who dress in costumes for their jobs in "Santaland Diaries"? How does he believe he will be different if he is hired as one of Santa's elves?
3. How does the narrator of "Diary of A Smoker" feel about smoking?
4. What does the narrator's mother give him before she dies in "Barrel Fever"? Why does she give him this gift?
5. What connection do the elves working at Santa Land have with "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?
6. What theme joins the four scenarios in "The Curly Kind"?
7. What does the narrator do to Marty's motorcycle in "Jamboree"? Who does Marty believe is responsible for the damages?
8. How does the narrator of "Barrel Fever" feel about the word "nice"? Why does he feel this way?
9. How does the narrator deal with parents requesting to visit a Santa of a certain race in "Santaland Diaries"?
10. What does the narrator of "Giantess" expect his fellow workers to do as they are waiting in the apartment of an extremely rich client? What do they actually do?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
In many of the stories in "Barrel Fever", Sedaris satirizes popular culture. Select 2 of the stories in which the author uses satire and:
1) describe the ways in which satire is used in the stories,
2) compare and contrast the use of satire in each story, and
3) discuss the impact of satire on the reader's experience of the stories.
Be sure to use evidence from the stories to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 2
On the book jacket for "Barrel Fever" it is written "in David Sedaris' world, no one is safe and no cow is sacred." Select 3 of Sedaris' stories and:
1) discuss how the author's choice of subject demonstrates his irreverence, and
2) examine how the author "crosses the line" between civility and absurdity.
Be sure to use evidence from the stories to support your ideas.
Essay Topic 3
In "Barrel Fever", the author David Sedaris frequently pushes his topics to the point of absurdity. Select three of the stories where Sedaris uses absurdity and:
1) discuss how absurdity is used in the story,
2) analyze why absurdity is used in the story, and
3) determine the purpose of the absurdity in the stories. Why does Sedaris like to point out the absurd in life?
Be sure to use evidence from the stories to support your ideas.
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