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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. Where is the author living when he graduates college?

2. What airline does the narrator take to go to camp?

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

4. In what grade is the author when he's told his school will be integrating blacks and whites the following year?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

6. Who is Dinah and what does Lisa say upon seeing her?

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

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

9. What does David's coworker do regarding money in "Something for Everyone"? How does David react?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which essay examines the author's homosexuality? What does he use as the comparison/juxtaposition of his homosexuality? Describe the events and themes of the essay.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the essay "Chipped Beef" in terms of theme, setting, stylistic elements, and fantasy.

Essay Topic 3

What takes place in "Next of Kin"? Where does the title derive from? How does this title take on two meanings in the text? What is the outcome of this story?

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