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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What magazine does the narrator of "Parade" appear in?
(a) People
(b) The National Inquirer
(c) Cosmopolitan
(d) Vogue

2. Which of the following is NOT something Sandy convinces the narrator's mother to do in "We Get Along"?
(a) Repaint her porch steps
(b) Cut her hair
(c) Cheat on her husband
(d) Buy new clothes

3. Why was Don fired from his job at a cafeteria in "Don's Story"?
(a) He spit in a customer's food.
(b) He was rude to the customers.
(c) He assaulted a customer.
(d) He broke too many dishes.

4. What does Khe Sahn wear to Thanksgiving dinner in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) A dress Jocelyn made for her
(b) Nothing
(c) A bikini
(d) An extremely short dress

5. In "My Manuscript", who does Chad assume led his father to believe Chad is gay?
(a) Mrs. Peacock
(b) His mother
(c) Mr. Chatam
(d) Terry Glassman

Short Answer Questions

1. What causes Chad to suspect that his father has read his "manuscript" in "My Manuscript"?

2. What does Chad's father buy him for Christmas in "My Manuscript"?

3. What does Malison name each of the characters in his second novel in "After Malison"?

4. Why does the narrator of "After Malison" agree to let the old man sit at her table at the hotel bar?

5. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" want to remove his uvula?

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