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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 put it in there to drown out the sound of his daughter's music.
(c) He accidentally pushed it in there with a sharp object.
(d) His daughter pushes it into his ear.

3. What does Lena offer the author as a gift in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) Nothing
(b) A chicken
(c) A vacuum cleaner
(d) A magazine

4. Why does the narrator's mother ask her husband to go back to their house when she is headed to the hospital with pneumonia in "Diary of A Smoker"?
(a) To get something she forgot
(b) To say goodbye to her children
(c) To get her cigarettes
(d) To smoke one last cigarette

5. Where does Glen ask Drew to put the telephone in order to help him remember his dream in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?
(a) On the floor
(b) Closer to his ear
(c) Under his pillow
(d) In his underwear

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Vicki end up marrying in "Jamboree"?

2. Why is Taylor given many of the narrator's job duties in "Firestone"?

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

4. Who is the narrator in "After Malison"?

5. What do the siblings find in sealed boxes after their mother dies in "Barrel Fever"?

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