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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How often is "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter" published?
(a) Once a month
(b) Two times a year
(c) Four times a year
(d) Weekly

2. In "We Get Along", what does the narrator's mother do the night after her husband's funeral?
(a) She obsessively cleans the apartment.
(b) She plays golf.
(c) She goes on a drinking binge.
(d) She smashes the windows of her car.

3. What happens to the curtains of Marilyn Notkin's apartment in "Giantess"?
(a) They are damaged by a giantess.
(b) The narrator tears them down because he thinks they are ugly.
(c) They are damaged by a squirrel.
(d) The narrator sets them on fire with a heat gun.

4. What reason did the narrator's parents give for neglecting him in "Parade"?
(a) They did not know how to be good parents.
(b) They loved his brother more than they loved him.
(c) They were afraid he would reject them.
(d) They did not like him.

5. Who is Lonnie Tipit in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) A teacher at the Dunbar children's school
(b) Khe Sahn's uncle
(c) A Vietnamese interpreter
(d) One of the Dunbars' neighbors

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "Diary of A Smoker" say is a "sure sign of trouble"?

2. Who does the narrator of "The Last You'll Hear From Me" ask to read her final instructions?

3. What is Don's profession in "Don's Story"?

4. What did Nick Papanides like to cook with eggplant in "We Get Along"?

5. What reason does the narrator of "After Malison" give for smoking in the hotel lobby?

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