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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the author's bedroom differ from the rest of his childhood home in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) It is filthy.
(b) It is filled with moving boxes.
(c) It has no furniture in it.
(d) It is extremely clean.

2. What does the narrator of "The Last You'll Hear From Me" collect?
(a) Religious icons
(b) Music
(c) Coins
(d) Paperweights

3. How does the author meet G.L. in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) He meets him in his apartment's elevator.
(b) He is sent to unpack his books.
(c) He is sent to clean his blinds.
(d) He is a friend of Lena Payne's.

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 her cigarettes
(b) To get something she forgot
(c) To say goodbye to her children
(d) To smoke one last cigarette

5. What is the "Oh My God, Corner" in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) The spot in Macy's where people realize how long the line to see Santa is.
(b) The spot in Macy's where the narrator likes to stand while working as an elf.
(c) The spot in Macy's where most children vomit.
(d) The spot in Macy's where people notice the beautiful Christmas decorations.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator's father refuse to see his grandson in "Jamboree"?

2. Who was Lena Payne in "The Curly Kind"?

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

4. How does Melinda Delvecchio act towards Glen in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?

5. What did the narrator's sister, Vicki aspire to be when she was younger? ("Jamboree")

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