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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. At Sedaris's cafeteria, the customer is always ________.

2. As Sedaris works at the cafeteria, what is he searching for in life?

3. Where does Sedaris arrive in New York City?

4. In "Dinah, the Christmas Whore" Sedaris compares mall shoppers to what?

5. What is Sedaris's elf name?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is David's opinion of his sister Lisa?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. What does the SantaLand training for elves include?

10. What are Jocelyn Dunbar's complaints about Khe Sahn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How was a humorous tone used throughout the story collection to both and amuse and disturb the reader?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the impact of the setting has in each story for creating the mood and context of the narrative.

Essay Topic 3

What is the moral ambiguity demonstrated in "Based Upon A True Story"? How does Jim Timothy represent the gray areas of the modern entertainment media?

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