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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. How long was Clifford Dunbar married the first time?
(a) 9 months.
(b) 8 months.
(c) 4 months.
(d) 6 months.

2. What does Jocelyn Dunbar use to make Khe Sahn some dresses?
(a) Burlap.
(b) Trash bags.
(c) Silk.
(d) Baby clothes.

3. What is Sedaris's job at the cafeteria?
(a) Dish washer.
(b) Steam tables.
(c) Salad prep.
(d) Meat carver.

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

5. What is Kevin Dunbar majoring in at college?
(a) Pre-med.
(b) Chemical engineering.
(c) Pre-Law.
(d) Vietnamese history.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did Sedaris apply for a job the day before seeing the SanatLand ad?

3. What does Khe Sahn's interpreter want to be paid to teach her English?

4. Sedaris's father believes jobs ________.

5. The SantaLand ad promises _________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why does David decide to boycott Christmas while working at the cafeteria?

4. What does Joceyln Dunbar have to say about her neighbor Cherise Clarmont-Shea?

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

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

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

8. Where do David and Lisa Sedaris get jobs at their father's urging to gain after school employment?

9. What does Sedaris have to go through to be hired at SantaLand?

10. What reservations does David Sedaris have about wearing a costume for employment?

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