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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. In "Don's Story", what does Barbra Streisand ask Don about when she first meets him?
(a) Cafeteria food
(b) North Carolina
(c) His life story
(d) Automatic dishwashers

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

3. How did a piece of tissue become stuck in the narrator's ear in "Music for Lovers"?
(a) He accidentally pushed it in there with a sharp object.
(b) His daughter pushes it into his ear.
(c) He put it in there to drown out the sound of Anita O'Day's music.
(d) He put it in there to drown out the sound of his daughter's music.

4. What does the narrator of "Music for Lovers" think the source of his daughter's headaches is?
(a) Her amputated feet
(b) The music she listens to
(c) Her wisdom teeth
(d) Her new boyfriend

5. Who does the narrator of "Parade" have a relationship with that he says "the press is having a field day over"?
(a) Patrick Buchanan
(b) Bruce Springsteen
(c) Mike Tyson
(d) Charlton Heston

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Steve Dolger in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?

2. In "We Get Along", what does Evelyne encourage her son to do next time he sees Mrs. Spakey, his former teacher?

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

4. Who does the narrator's mother insult at the beginning of "We Get Along"?

5. What does Don do to Mrs. Toni when she ridicules his dreams of stardom in "Don's Story"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. How is Don's success in "Don's Story" ironic?

3. What does Glen dream about in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"? What does he tell Drew he dreamed about? Why?

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

5. Describe the narrator's imaginary nightclub act in "Music for Lovers".

6. What is Chad's relationship with Terry Glassman in "My Manuscript"?

7. Contrast the story Taylor tells about his child with the actual facts about his child in "Firestone".

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

9. How does Chad conduct research for his book in "My Manuscript"?

10. In "Music for Lovers", why does the narrator often give his daughter stitches? What does he recommend when giving someone stitches?

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