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Augusten Burroughs
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Running with Scissors Test | Final Test - Medium

Augusten Burroughs
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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. What name does Deirdre call Augusten before the police are called?
(a) A Nazi.
(b) A leprechaun.
(c) A jerk.
(d) A dog.

2. Who comes to help alleviate the situation when Deirdre is having a mental breakdown?
(a) Hope.
(b) Dr. Finch.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Agnes.

3. In what season does Augusten note that Deirdre typically has a psychotic break?
(a) Summer.
(b) Spring.
(c) Winter.
(d) Autumn.

4. At the end of the chapter entitled "I would dye for you", whose hair does Augusten dye?
(a) His own.
(b) Neil Bookman's.
(c) Hope's.
(d) Natalie's.

5. What emotion does Augusten feel after he sees the boy reading his note?
(a) Arousal.
(b) Hope.
(c) Embarrasment.
(d) Anger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why do the Finch family move their furniture outside?

2. What does Augusten vow to become when he grows up?

3. Where does Natalie get her first job?

4. To what ocean do Augusten and Natalie travel to whale watch?

5. What do Augusten and Natalie do to augment their appearance which gets the attention of the people on the streets?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Deirdre confess to Augusten that drives a wedge between him and Natalie?

2. What happens when Augusten and Natalie go into the city to search for part-time jobs?

3. Halfway through the memoir, the demeanor of the Finch family home begins to change. In what ways is stress affecting the family?

4. Who is Cesar Mendoza and what does he look like?

5. How do the Finch family respond to having their furniture outside?

6. What happens after Deirdre meets Winnie Pye?

7. What happens when Brenda comes to visit the Finch family?

8. What happens when Natalie loses her earrings in the hotel?

9. What does Augusten realize about the places that he has lived in relationship to his hopes and dreams for the future?

10. After Neil Bookman has been gone for over a year, what realization does Augusten come to about their relationship?

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