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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. How long is the summer camp that the author goes to in "I Like Guys"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One week.
(d) One month.

2. Where does the author end up riding much of the way on his bus trip to Oregon?
(a) By a crying baby.
(b) By the bus driver.
(c) On the floor.
(d) In a seat alone.

3. Where are the author and his sister sent to summer camp in "I Like Guys"?
(a) Greece.
(b) Ireland.
(c) Rome.
(d) Spain.

4. Where are David and Pam when one of the wheels falls off her chair?
(a) South Carolina.
(b) West Virginia.
(c) Delaware.
(d) San Francisco.

5. Who picks up the author when he first hitchhikes?
(a) His sister.
(b) His mother.
(c) An old man.
(d) An old lady.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl the narrator befriends in college?

2. What does C.O.G. stand for?

3. How many times has the author seen Planet of the Apes?

4. What does David's coworker tell the woman whose apartment they're painting about David?

5. What does acting bear a striking resemblance to, when done with precision, according to the author?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is David's reaction to San Francisco? How long is he there?

2. How does David come to believe he must find a job in "Something for Everyone"?

3. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

4. Describe David's initial reaction to Curly's home.

5. In what way does Peg change at the end of "The Incomplete Quad"?

6. What does David begin to think about people at the end of his hitchhiking days?

7. Where does David live in college? Why? Who does he live with?

8. What does David's mother do after several days of his new way of talking in "Drama Bug"? How does he react?

9. What is the author's reaction to Shakespeare?

10. What are David and his sister's after-school jobs in high school? How does David like his job?

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