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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 is Dave struggling with in this chapter?

2. What does Dave's tragic story make him feel like?

3. What does Dave resent in this chapter?

4. Where does Dave want to buy flowers from?

5. What does Dave imagine the baby sitter doing to Toph?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Dave do during the nights?

2. How does Dave's disorganization affect Toph?

3. What does Dave think about as he holds ice to his mother's nose?

4. Summarize the second chapter.

5. What kind of relationships with women does Dave have during this period?

6. Why does Dave think it is important to go to the gym?

7. Give an example of Dave and Toph's being late.

8. Describe Dave's father's funeral.

9. What problems do Toph and Dave have living together?

10. Why does Dave struggle to discard of some of his parent possessions?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What similarities in style and tone does Dave's memoir share with Might magazine?

Essay Topic 2

Examine Eggers' writing style. How would you describe his prose style? What kind of vocabulary does he use? Does he use any specific writing techniques? What meaning does Eggers' style give to his story?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss with the students first person point of view. Why do the students think first person point of view is not necessarily reliable? What moments in the book do the students think are not so reliable and why? With the students, discuss the advantages and disadvantages of using the first person point of view.

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