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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. Who is the narrator of "Barrel Fever"?
(a) Dolph's mother
(b) Dolph
(c) Gill Pullen
(d) Hope
2. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion the editor of Giantess magazine gives the narrator in "Giantess"?
(a) Focus his writing on extremely large women
(b) Get straight to the turn-on in his writing
(c) Focus his stories on the destruction caused by giantesses
(d) Stop writing silly stories
3. According to Jocelyn Dunbar in "Season's Greetings...", who is the most intelligent of her children"
(a) Khe Sahn
(b) Kevin
(c) Jackelyn
(d) Kyle
4. According to the narrator of "Santaland Diaries", who is "overall the cutest elf"?
(a) Puff
(b) Crumpet
(c) Snowball
(d) Sleighbell
5. Why does the narrator's mother ask her husband to go back to their house when she is headed to the hospital with pneumonia in "Diary of A Smoker"?
(a) To smoke one last cigarette
(b) To say goodbye to her children
(c) To get something she forgot
(d) To get her cigarettes
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the narrator notice about all of the people hired as elves in "Santaland Diaries"?
2. What was Clifford's "second biggest mistake of his life" according to his wife in "Season's Greetings..."?
3. Which celebrity does the narrator feel the need to point out to visitors to Santa Land in "Santaland Diaries"?
4. Where is the camera located in Santa Land in "Santaland Diaries"?
5. What is the author's elf name in "Santaland Diaries"?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the narrator deal with parents requesting to visit a Santa of a certain race in "Santaland Diaries"?
2. What story does the narrator of "Giantess" think he and Lili should tell the man whose plate they broke?
3. Describe the scene in Macy's on Christmas Eve in "Santaland Diaries".
4. What are the two reasons the narrator gives for boycotting Malison's reading in "After Malison"?
5. Describe "the Walrus" in "Santaland Diaries".
6. Describe Marty Jr.'s appearance in "Jamboree".
7. What story does Sedaris tell the little boy Riley when he throws a temper tantrum in "Santaland Diaries"?
8. Which elf duty is the narrator's least favorite in "Santaland Diaries"? Why does he feel this way?
9. What connection do the elves working at Santa Land have with "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?
10. Why is Jocelyn Dunbar suspected of murdering Don and framing Khe Sahn in "Season's Greetings..."?
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