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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 7, What news does Foster have in Group?

2. At the beginning of Chapter 11, what disturbs Augusten most about Pighead's appearance?

3. In Chapter 8, what does Augusten discover Foster is still doing?

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

5. What reminder of Kyle is in Foster's apartment in Chapter 7?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Augusten almost relapse at the end of Chapter 9?

2. By Chapter 12, how has Augusten and Pighead's relationship changed?

3. Describe the night that Augusten relapses.

4. Why is dinner with the Nazi in Chapter 10 nearly unbearable for Augusten?

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

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

7. How does Augusten's story end?

8. What surprise does Pighead have for Augusten in Chapter 14?

9. Describe the commercial shoot in Chapter 10.

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

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

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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