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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 9-13.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did the narrator in "Parade" solve his debilitating life problems?
(a) He went through extensive psychotherapy.
(b) He worked through them on his own.
(c) He turned to God.
(d) He watched Oprah religiously.

2. Why does Vicki drop out of high school in "Jamboree"?
(a) She was failing all of her classes.
(b) She was offered a recording contract.
(c) She wanted to annoy her father.
(d) She says she didn't like having to attend school during the day.

3. How did a piece of tissue become stuck in the narrator's ear in "Music for Lovers"?
(a) He put it in there to drown out the sound of Anita O'Day's music.
(b) He accidentally pushed it in there with a sharp object.
(c) He put it in there to drown out the sound of his daughter's music.
(d) His daughter pushes it into his ear.

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

5. What magazine does the narrator of "Parade" appear in?
(a) The National Inquirer
(b) Vogue
(c) Cosmopolitan
(d) People

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator of "My Manuscript"?

2. What does Don do to Mrs. Toni when she ridicules his dreams of stardom in "Don's Story"?

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

4. How do most of the customers in "Firestone" react to the narrator's attempts to convert them to his religion?

5. Who is Timothy Speaks in "Season's Greetings..."?

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