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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. Who does the author hitchhike cross-country with, who was creating his own college major in Beat literature?
(a) Mary Catherine.
(b) Jackson Andrews.
(c) Cicily Jonson.
(d) Randolph Feathers.

2. What is the name of the prostitute that Lisa brings back to the Sedaris home?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Ethyl.
(c) Dinah.
(d) Maebelle.

3. What does the narrator's mother wish to have done with her remains?
(a) Dumped in the ocean.
(b) Buried in a wood box.
(c) Buried in New York.
(d) Cremated.

4. Who's eighteenth birthday does the narrator's family celebrate four days before Christmas?
(a) Tiffany's.
(b) Gretchen's.
(c) Lisa's.
(d) His.

5. Where is Lisa's camp friend from?
(a) New Jersey.
(b) Queens, NY.
(c) Chicago, IL.
(d) St. Louis, MO.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the author's first roommate at Kent State?

2. Who tells about the little black girl who asked to touch her hair?

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

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

5. What television program does the author fantasize about starring in one day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David's coworker do to try to get David fired? How does this backfire?

2. Why does David befriend the prisoners on staff in "Dinah the Christmas Whore" and what is his conclusion?

3. How does the author describe his and others' behavior in trying to hide their homosexuality?

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

5. What does David fantasize college will be like?

6. Where do David and his sister go in "I Like Guys"? Who do they befriend?

7. Where is David in the beginning of C.O.G.? How pleasant is this trip?

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

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

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

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