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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What is the reason for the narrator's appearance on the Oprah show in "Parade"?
(a) He loves his sister too much.
(b) He used to love others too much.
(c) His parents failed to give him the love he deserved.
(d) No one has ever loved him.

3. Where did Don of "Don's Story" live before moving to Los Angeles?
(a) Outer Banks, North Carolina
(b) Dallas, Texas
(c) Cumberland County, North Carolina
(d) Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

4. In "We Get Along", what does Evelyne encourage her son to do next time he sees Mrs. Spakey, his former teacher?
(a) Insult her
(b) Ask her about his grade
(c) Tell her his father is dead
(d) Ask her to call his mother

5. What is Snowball, the elf known for in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Getting undressed in the middle of the locker room
(b) Flooding the locker room bathroom
(c) Being overly perky with the customers
(d) Flirting with the other elves and the Santas

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Parade" think people who have never met him feel about him?

2. Why does Jocelyn repeatedly yell at Khe Sahn in "Season's Greetings..."?

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

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

5. How does the narrator's father die in "We Get Along"?

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