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

2. What does the narrator change his elf name to when he has bad days at work in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Blisters
(b) Troll
(c) Grumpy
(d) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle

3. In "Season's Greetings", what television show does Khe Sahn learn most of her English from?
(a) Sesame Street
(b) MTV Cribs
(c) One Life to Live
(d) American Idol

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

5. Which of the following is NOT a topic of discussion when the narrator works renovating an apartment?
(a) Death
(b) Art
(c) Windows
(d) Women

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the camera located in Santa Land in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. Why does the narrator of "After Malison" agree to let the old man sit at her table at the hotel bar?

3. What does Hugh require that the narrator do each time he smokes in "Diary of a Smoker"?

4. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion the editor of Giantess magazine gives the narrator in "Giantess"?

5. Why did Vicki quit chorus during her sophomore year of high school in "Jamboree"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What disgusts the narrator of "After Malison" the most during his master's writing seminar?

2. What does the narrator do to Marty's motorcycle in "Jamboree"? Who does Marty believe is responsible for the damages?

3. How does the narrator of "Barrel Fever" feel about the word "nice"? Why does he feel this way?

4. Describe Marty Jr.'s appearance in "Jamboree".

5. What do IV and PCD stand for in "Barrel Fever"? What is the significance of these acronyms for the narrator?

6. Describe the experience of visiting the oldest Santa in "Santaland Diaries".

7. What theme joins the four scenarios in "The Curly Kind"?

8. What does the narrator of "Giantess" expect his fellow workers to do as they are waiting in the apartment of an extremely rich client? What do they actually do?

9. Describe Khe Sahn's arrival at the Dunbar home in "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family".

10. Who is Trudy Chase in "Barrel Fever"? How does the narrator react to a phone call from Trudy?

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