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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the title of the magazine the narrator's sister gives him in "Giantess"?
(a) Giantess
(b) Trample and Crush
(c) Guns for Women
(d) Knocked Up and Gun Toting

2. Why is the author uncomfortable working as Exit Elf in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) He gets cold working near the open door.
(b) He doesn't want to rush people out of Santa Land.
(c) Children throw things at him.
(d) He does like to have to confront rude customers.

3. Who was Lena Payne in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) The author's mother
(b) A nanny in the author's apartment complex
(c) The author's childhood housekeeper
(d) A maid in the author's apartment complex

4. Which of the following words/phrases is NOT part of Khe Sahn's vocabulary according to Jocelyn in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) Five dollar
(b) Thank you
(c) Daddy
(d) Shiny

5. Who does the narrator say Randy thinks he looks like in "The Last You'll Hear From Me"?
(a) Marlin Perkins
(b) Brad Pitt
(c) George Clooney
(d) Marlon Brando

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a mother instruct her son to pee in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. How does the narrator's father die in "We Get Along"?

3. Who is Mr. Chatam in "My Manuscript"?

4. Who does Vicki end up marrying in "Jamboree"?

5. Who does the narrator of "Parade" have a relationship with that he says "the press is having a field day over"?

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