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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Kavi addicted to in addition to cocaine?

2. With whom did Augusten's mother leave him at age thirteen?

3. Why does Augusten think the girl Jim is eying in Chapter 1 is not his type?

4. How many days a week does Rae recommend Augusten have therapy after leaving Proud Institute?

5. At the end of Augusten's night of drinking in Chapter 1, what time is it?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Augusten's immediate reaction to rehab in Chapter 3?

2. How does Augusten attempt to mask his drinking at the beginning of Chapter 2?

3. How does Augusten become acclimated to Proud Institute in Chapter 3?

4. What is unusual about Augusten Burroughs' childhood?

5. How does Augusten begin to realize that he drinks more than other people in Chapter 3?

6. Describe the confrontation between Greer and Augusten in Chapter 2.

7. What is Rae's story?

8. How did Augusten Burroughs find his way to New York?

9. How do the Faberge clients regard Augusten in Chapter 2?

10. How does Pighead deteriorate in Chapter 6?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay on the topic of alienation from self in Dry. How has alcoholism rendered Augusten Burroughs unable to process his own emotional sphere? What steps does he take toward translating his feelings into self-awareness after rehab? Discuss how events involving work, Pighead, and Foster confound him, in part, because of his lack of self-awareness.

Essay Topic 2

Pighead begins Dry as an estranged friend of the protagonist and ends it as a guardian angel. Write an essay about Pighead's trajectory in the novel. How did he and Augusten first meet, and why are they estranged when Augusten goes into rehab? Discuss how their relationship develops as Pighead's health declines. Why is Pighead largely responsible both for AUgusten's relapse and decision to return to rehab?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the character of Foster and his role in the novel. Describe Foster, his life, and how he appears when he first enters Augusten's orbit. Is there ever a point at which Foster is in control of his addiction? How does he become as addicting to the protagonist as any chemical? What is Foster's contribution to Augusten's final collapse into relapse?

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