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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5-8.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. The phrases "'I hope it doesn't tire him out'" and "'the original boob tube'" in "Firestone" are examples of...
(a) puns.
(b) metaphors.
(c) similes.
(d) hyperbole.

5. Why does the narrator begin cleaning bathrooms in "Firestone"?
(a) Customers complained of their filth
(b) Carlton orders him to do so
(c) To teach himself humility
(d) He is incapable of pumping gas

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was Don fired from his job at a cafeteria in "Don's Story"?

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

3. Who does the narrator of "Firestone" claim is trying to make his job at the service station difficult?

4. How does the narrator attempt to keep Mrs. Peacock out of his room in "My Manuscript"?

5. What does Chad's father buy him for Christmas in "My Manuscript"?

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