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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 was Clifford's "second biggest mistake of his life" according to his wife in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) The birth of their son, Kevin
(b) His marriage to Jocelyn Dunbar
(c) His affair with a Vietnamese woman
(d) His marriage to Doll Babcock

2. How does the narrator in "We Get Along" feel about his father's death?
(a) He is devastated.
(b) He is ambivalent.
(c) He is secretly happy.
(d) He is at peace with it.

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

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

5. What does the narrator order at the hotel bar in "After Malison"?
(a) A boilermaker
(b) A daiquiri
(c) A soda
(d) A martini

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Don's Story", what does Barbra Streisand ask Don about when she first meets him?

2. Why does Melinda begin crying in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?

3. In "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter", whose voice do the trees in Glen's fake dream have?

4. Why is the narrator of "After Malison" desperate to talk with Malison one-on-one?

5. What is Snowball, the elf known for in "Santaland Diaries"?

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