View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the cafeteria where Lisa Sedaris gets a job?

2. Joceylyn Dunbar compares Khe Sahn to what?

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

4. What time is Sedaris's plane supposed to leave in "SantaLand Diaries"?

5. What is the first name of Khe Sahn Dunbar's interpreter?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the premise of "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!"?

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

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

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

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

8. What does Sedaris come to realize as increasing numbers of customers go through the line at Piccadilly cafeteria?

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

10. How does Jocelyn Dunbar treat Khe Sahn?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

What is the purpose of the character Dinah? What is the greater truth that she helps illustrate?

Essay Topic 3

What is the lasting impression that "Holidays on Ice" makes on the reader? What do you think the author's intent was in writing this story collection?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 826 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample