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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. Why does the narrator of "Diary of a Smoker" schedule a doctor's appointment?
(a) His insurance is about to expire.
(b) He is having health issues.
(c) He wants cosmetic surgery.
(d) He wants to quit smoking.

2. Why does Vicki drop out of high school in "Jamboree"?
(a) She was failing all of her classes.
(b) She says she didn't like having to attend school during the day.
(c) She was offered a recording contract.
(d) She wanted to annoy her father.

3. How does the author's bedroom differ from the rest of his childhood home in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) It is extremely clean.
(b) It has no furniture in it.
(c) It is filthy.
(d) It is filled with moving boxes.

4. Who did the narrator of "Jamboree" believe would want to "cash in" on his sister's success?
(a) His brother-in-law
(b) Their father
(c) Their step-mother
(d) Their mother

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 get something she forgot
(c) To say goodbye to her children
(d) To get her cigarettes

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does a mother instruct her son to pee in "Santaland Diaries"?

2. Why does the boy in the elevator refuse the Cheetos in "The Curly Kind"?

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

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

5. According to the narrator, what type of adults most often visit Santa in "Santaland Diaries"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Describe Santa Santa in "Santaland Diaries".

5. Why is Jocelyn Dunbar suspected of murdering Don and framing Khe Sahn in "Season's Greetings..."?

6. What are the two reasons the narrator gives for boycotting Malison's reading in "After Malison"?

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

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

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

10. Who is Jamboree in "Jamboree"? How does the narrator feel about him?

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