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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the following words/phrases is NOT part of Khe Sahn's vocabulary according to Jocelyn in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) Daddy
(b) Thank you
(c) Five dollar
(d) Shiny

2. Why does the boy in the elevator refuse the Cheetos in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) They were crushed.
(b) They are stale.
(c) He wanted potato chips.
(d) They are not the curly kind.

3. What role did Sleighbell, the elf play on "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) A doctor
(b) Tina
(c) An elf
(d) A flamenco dancer

4. What job did Sedaris hope to get on "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Makeup artist
(b) Actor
(c) Director
(d) Writer

5. Why is Taylor given many of the narrator's job duties in "Firestone"?
(a) The manager likes Taylor better than the narrator.
(b) The narrator is incapable of performing the duties.
(c) Taylor claims he has a child to support.
(d) Taylor is more qualified.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator notice about all of the people hired as elves in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. What reason did the narrator's parents give for neglecting him in "Parade"?

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

4. What bothers the narrator of "Music for Lovers" most about his daughter's boyfriend, Rusty?

5. What does the narrator of "Parade" say people are constantly asking him for?

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