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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 genre is "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family"?
(a) A short story
(b) A speech
(c) A letter
(d) A poem

2. What genre could "Parade" be classified as?
(a) Realistic fiction
(b) Satire
(c) Drama
(d) Autobiography

3. Who does the narrator of "Firestone" claim is trying to make his job at the service station difficult?
(a) Carlton
(b) God
(c) Hotshots
(d) The customers

4. Why does Brandon Tartikoff offer Don a contract for his life story in "Don's Story"?
(a) He wants to humiliate Don by telling his story in a movie.
(b) He believes the story contains everything that makes a story interesting.
(c) He thinks this is the only thing that will make Don leave him alone.
(d) He feels sorry for Don.

5. Why is the narrator of "After Malison" desperate to talk with Malison one-on-one?
(a) She believes she understands his work in a way others do not.
(b) She wants him to read her new novel.
(c) She is in love with him.
(d) She is trying to keep him away from her friend Bethany.

Short Answer Questions

1. What excuse does Malison give to Bethany for not going out for a drink with her in "After Malison"?

2. What point of view is "Parade" written in?

3. What was Clifford's "second biggest mistake of his life" according to his wife in "Season's Greetings..."?

4. Why does the narrator's father refuse to see his grandson in "Jamboree"?

5. How does the narrator in "We Get Along" feel about his father's death?

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