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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 does the narrator of "My Manuscript" aspire to become?
(a) A doctor
(b) A truck driver
(c) A writer
(d) A professional golfer

2. Who is the narrator of "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) Khe Shan Dunbar
(b) Jacki Dunbar
(c) Jocelyn Dunbar
(d) Clifford Dunbar

3. What is Mrs. Toni obsessed with in "Don's Story"?
(a) Don's life
(b) Crime stories
(c) Greyhound buses
(d) Her daughter

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

5. How does the author meet G.L. in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) He is a friend of Lena Payne's.
(b) He meets him in his apartment's elevator.
(c) He is sent to clean his blinds.
(d) He is sent to unpack his books.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "We Get Along", why is Evelyne obsessed with the initials W.S.?

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

3. Who does the narrator's mother insult at the beginning of "We Get Along"?

4. What is the author's opinion of his mother's housekeeper's skills in "The Curly Kind"?

5. What is found in the bathroom of a Sunoco station in "Firestone"?

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