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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. In Chapter 6, what favor does Augusten do for Pighead?

2. At what museum does Augusten need to meet his Faberge clients in the morning?

3. What action does the crying WASP in Chapter 3 regret aloud?

4. Who is Virgil?

5. Why does Augusten take an exorbitant amount of Benadryl?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are Pighead and Augusten unable to connect romantically?

2. How do Augusten and Pighead first meet?

3. Why does Augusten like the Cedar Tavern?

4. What temptation does Augusten overcome in Chapter 6, and how?

5. In Chapter 5, what has changed in Augusten's office since he left for rehab?

6. Why does Augusten take a cab to rehab in Chapter 3?

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

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

9. How is Greer changing for Augusten in Chapter 6?

10. Who is Jim and how does he know Augusten?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Write an essay charting the progression of Augusten's relapse in Dry. What components of his life after Proud Institute make the possibility of relapse more likely? How does Augusten toy with the idea of taking a drink several times before actually doing it? What is the final straw? Discuss how Augusten's eventual relapse creates a far more volatile habit of consumption and accelerates his journey to bottom.

Essay Topic 2

In Dry, Augusten Burroughs presents the character of Hayden as a mirror to himself. Write an essay about the concurrent trajectory of Hayden's sobriety. What essential characteristics do Hayden and Augusten have in common? What is similar about both of their first days at Proud Institute? How do they support each other in their first months of sobriety, and how do their relapses mirror each other?

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay about the mystery in Dry surrounding the anonymous terrorizing Augusten faces at work. Discuss each of the little acts of alcohol-related vandalism perpetrated against the protagonist, and the difficulties each causes for him. Why does Augusten initially suspect himself of these acts? Who eventually emerges as the perpetrator? What is the eventual fallout?

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