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

2. What does Malison name each of the characters in his second novel in "After Malison"?
(a) Professor Nobody
(b) A. Davenport
(c) Malison
(d) Smithy Smithy

3. What is the author's opinion of his mother's housekeeper's skills in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) He believes she spends too much time vacuuming.
(b) He believes she is the most skilled housekeeper he has ever seen.
(c) He believes she is a lazy, incompetent housekeeper.
(d) He is ambivalent towards her.

4. What does the narrator of "Diary of A Smoker" say is a "sure sign of trouble"?
(a) Someone sitting next to you on a park bench
(b) Coffee
(c) Sandals
(d) Cigarettes

5. Who is the narrator of "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) Jocelyn Dunbar
(b) Khe Shan Dunbar
(c) Clifford Dunbar
(d) Jacki Dunbar

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Vicki lose her job dispatching buses in "Jamboree"?

2. What is the only unique thing about people according to the narrator in "Santaland Diaries"?

3. What does the narrator change his elf name to when he has bad days at work in "Santaland Diaries"?

4. Where is Mrs. Dunbar, supposedly, when Don is killed in "Season's Greetings..."?

5. What do the author and another elf realize about the name 'Santa' in "Santaland Diaries"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What connection do the elves working at Santa Land have with "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. Describe "the Walrus" in "Santaland Diaries".

3. What story does Sedaris tell the little boy Riley when he throws a temper tantrum in "Santaland Diaries"?

4. Describe Dolph's confrontation with Alicia Cunningham in "Barrel Fever".

5. Describe the scene in Macy's on Christmas Eve in "Santaland Diaries".

6. How does the narrator of "Diary of A Smoker" feel about smoking?

7. Describe the narrator's elf costume in "Santaland Diaries".

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

9. How does Jocelyn feel about her daughter's marriage to Timothy Speaks in "Season's Greetings..."? How does this compare to her feelings about her grandson, Don?

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

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