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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. What does Augusten do after talking to Pighead's brother on the phone in Chapter 13?
(a) Go to Foster's apartment.
(b) Try to kill himself.
(c) Go to a movie.
(d) Snort cocaine.

2. What is suspicious about Rick's comment about a campaign idea in Chapter 8?
(a) The idea has already been rejected.
(b) Rick has been removed from the account.
(c) Augusten never told him about the idea.
(d) The idea was approved by everyone else.

3. What happens in Chapter 14 that makes Augusten decide to return to rehab?
(a) He sleeps with a prostitute.
(b) He forgets where he lives.
(c) He gets mugged while drunk.
(d) He gets alcohol poisoning.

4. In Chapter 12, why are the doctors no longer trying to determine what is specifically afflicting Pighead?
(a) His body has begun shutting down.
(b) They are out of tests.
(c) His insurance has stopped paying.
(d) He is refusing tests.

5. In Chapter 8, to what state does Augusten travel with Foster.
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Pennsylvania.
(c) Maine.
(d) Virginia.

Short Answer Questions

1. What role for Pighead does Augusten take over in Chapter 12?

2. What is the role of the giant beer cap in the commercial?

3. What news does Foster tell Augusten while having dinner at his house?

4. Where do Augusten and Greer shoot the beer commercial in Chapter 10?

5. How does Augusten make his room safer for his sobriety in Chapter 10?

Short Essay Questions

1. What sort of harassment is Augusten facing at work?

2. What news does Hayden give Augusten in Chapter 12?

3. To whom does Augusten confide about Foster in Chapter 9?

4. What is the fallout from Augusten's revelation about Foster at the end of Chapter 8?

5. How does Pighead look when Augusten sees him in Chapter 11?

6. Describe Augusten and Pighead's interaction at the beginning of Chapter 7.

7. What positive events happen to Augusten in Chapter 9?

8. Why is Augusten's relationship with Foster a problem from the beginning?

9. What is Augusten's attitude toward his mother?

10. What does Augusten realize about Foster in Chapter 7?

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