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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 is NOT a behavior exhibited by parents in the photo area in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Ordering their children where to look during pictures
(b) Grooming of their children
(c) Yelling at their children
(d) Posing their children for pictures

2. What does the narrator find in a copy of Mein Kampf in "Barrel Fever"?
(a) A letter from his mother
(b) His mother's racist manifesto
(c) His mother's yearly New Year's resolutions
(d) Pictures of him as a baby

3. Where is Mrs. Dunbar, supposedly, when Don is killed in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) At the Dunbar's home
(b) In bed
(c) Christmas shopping
(d) At her neighbor, Cherise's house

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

5. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" think it is pointless for his daughter to listen to dance music?
(a) She does not have feet, and therefore, cannot dance.
(b) She does not have legs, and therefore, cannot dance.
(c) He will not allow her out of the house to go to dances.
(d) He thinks she is destined for a career as a nightclub singer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Snowball, the elf known for in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. What feature do both the waiter and Brandon Tartikoff notice about Don in "Don's Story"?

3. How does the author meet G.L. in "The Curly Kind"?

4. In "Season's Greetings", what television show does Khe Sahn learn most of her English from?

5. Who does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" picture attending his imaginary nightclub act?

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