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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "We Get Along", why is Evelyne obsessed with the initials W.S.?
(a) They belong to her dead husband.
(b) They belong to a man she left to marry the narrator's father.
(c) They belong to a woman her husband had an affair with.
(d) They belong to her son.

2. Why does Vicki lose her job dispatching buses in "Jamboree"?
(a) She leaves her job when her baby is born.
(b) She is rude to the people riding the buses.
(c) She is late to work because she oversleeps.
(d) She is having an affair with one of the mechanics.

3. What type of transplant is Carlton waiting for in "Firestone"?
(a) A liver transplant
(b) A heart transplant
(c) A kidney transplant
(d) A cornea transplant

4. What is Don's legal name in "Season's Greetings...."?
(a) Timothy, Jr.
(b) Satan Speaks
(c) Relinquish Satan
(d) Don

5. What happens to the curtains of Marilyn Notkin's apartment in "Giantess"?
(a) The narrator sets them on fire with a heat gun.
(b) They are damaged by a squirrel.
(c) They are damaged by a giantess.
(d) The narrator tears them down because he thinks they are ugly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is it unusual for the narrator of "Firestone" to be working at a car service station?

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

3. In "Don's Story", who plays Don's mother in the movie version of his life?

4. What is the reason for the narrator's appearance on the Oprah show in "Parade"?

5. According to Jocelyn Dunbar in "Season's Greetings...", who is the most intelligent of her children"

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