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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 is the only thing they sell in SantaLand?
(a) Posters.
(b) Toys.
(c) Photos.
(d) Candy canes.

2. Sedaris compares Sallie Mae to a __________.
(a) Hillbilly.
(b) Sexy lady.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Beast.

3. What is the date of the day that Jocelyn Dunbar leaves Khe Sahn in charge of the baby?
(a) December12.
(b) December 16.
(c) December 14.
(d) December 18.

4. What does Sedaris feel for the shoppers who come to eat at the cafeteria where he works?
(a) Fondness.
(b) Hatred.
(c) Pity.
(d) Animosity.

5. What name do the Dunbar's call Jackelyn's baby?
(a) Don.
(b) John.
(c) Joe.
(d) Ted.

Short Answer Questions

1. Christmas is causing Sedaris to have a(n) _________ in "Dinah, the Christmas Whore."

2. Who is the most adorable elf in SantaLand?

3. Where does Kevin Dunbar go to college?

4. What is the feeling Sedaris has for his sister Lisa at the end of "Dinah, the Christmas Whore"?

5. What kind of soap does Kyle Dunbar use for carving gnomes?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Lisa and David take Dinah home with them?

2. What happens when Lisa drags David to a house in a poor neighborhood?

3. What does Sedaris find annoying about his co-workers at SantaLand?

4. What happens while the Sedaris family is eating dinner to celebrate Lisa's eighteenth birthday?

5. What does the middle-aged Sedaris dream of doing?

6. What does David think about while he washes dishes at the cafeteria?

7. What happens when Sedaris goes to work at SantaLand on Christmas Eve?

8. Why does David try to draw epiphanies from the released convicts he works with at the cafeteria?

9. What happens when Sedaris tries to help a particularly harried mother one day?

10. What are some of the experiences Sedaris has with the adults who visit SantaLand?

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