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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is found in the bathroom of a Sunoco station in "Firestone"?
(a) A baby boy
(b) A baby girl
(c) Clothing
(d) A large sum of money

2. Why does the narrator begin cleaning bathrooms in "Firestone"?
(a) To teach himself humility
(b) He is incapable of pumping gas
(c) Customers complained of their filth
(d) Carlton orders him to do so

3. Why does Brandon Tartikoff offer Don a contract for his life story in "Don's Story"?
(a) He feels sorry for Don.
(b) He thinks this is the only thing that will make Don leave him alone.
(c) He believes the story contains everything that makes a story interesting.
(d) He wants to humiliate Don by telling his story in a movie.

4. What point of view is "Parade" written in?
(a) First person
(b) Third person limited
(c) Second person
(d) Third person omniscient

5. What magazine does the narrator of "Parade" appear in?
(a) The National Inquirer
(b) People
(c) Cosmopolitan
(d) Vogue

Short Answer Questions

1. What bothers the narrator of "Music for Lovers" most about his daughter's boyfriend, Rusty?

2. Who does Anita O'Day claim is the manager of her record company?

3. How did the narrator in "Parade" solve his debilitating life problems?

4. Why does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" want to remove his uvula?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Drew react negatively after Glen shares his dreams with him in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?

2. Describe Dawn's relationship with Rusty in "Music for Lovers".

3. How does the narrator of "Parade" describe Patrick Buchanan?

4. Describe the narrator of "The Last You'll Hear From Me".

5. What is the tone of the story "Parade"? How does the author create this tone?

6. Describe the "kid from down the block", who brings Dawn records in "Music from Lovers", from the narrator's perspective.

7. Describe the narrator of "Parade"'s relationship with Bruce Springsteen (from his perspective).

8. Describe Chad's father's childhood in "My Manuscript".

9. In "Don's Story", why does Don say that many people are watching his speech "with rage and jealousy"?

10. What prompts Mr. Holt to send Chad to Mr. Chatam for guitar lessons in "My Manuscript"?

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