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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the author start a campaign to revive in North Carolina?
(a) Petticoats.
(b) Top hats.
(c) French.
(d) Elizabethan English.

2. Where does the author end up riding much of the way on his bus trip to Oregon?
(a) On the floor.
(b) By the bus driver.
(c) In a seat alone.
(d) By a crying baby.

3. How long is the summer camp that the author goes to in "I Like Guys"?
(a) Two weeks.
(b) Two months.
(c) One month.
(d) One week.

4. What is the name of the prostitute that Lisa brings back to the Sedaris home?
(a) Maebelle.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Dinah.
(d) Ethyl.

5. In what grade is the author when he's told his school will be integrating blacks and whites the following year?
(a) Twelfth.
(b) Sixth.
(c) Eighth.
(d) Tenth.

6. What does David figure out that Uta is?
(a) A lesbian.
(b) A man.
(c) A mobster.
(d) A prostitute.

7. Where is Lisa's camp friend from?
(a) Chicago, IL.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) St. Louis, MO.
(d) Queens, NY.

8. How much money does David's coworker take from their boss's purse?
(a) $20.
(b) $30.
(c) $50.
(d) $100.

9. What show does the visiting actor produce in "The Drama Bug"?
(a) Romeo and Juliet.
(b) Hamlet.
(c) A Midsummer Night's Dream.
(d) King Lear.

10. What is the name of the girl the narrator befriends in college?
(a) Michelle.
(b) Claudia.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Sarabeth.

11. What airline does the narrator take to go to camp?
(a) Delta Airlines.
(b) Aegean Airlines.
(c) El Al Airline.
(d) British Airways.

12. Who is the first disabled student the author rooms with at Kent State?
(a) Dale.
(b) William.
(c) Stephen.
(d) James.

13. What color walls does the narrator describe the Piccadilly as having?
(a) Yellow.
(b) White.
(c) Red.
(d) Gray.

14. Who is the only person who responds to the author's lengthy letters while at the apple orchard?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Amy.
(c) His father.
(d) Veronica.

15. What is the name of the author's first roommate at Kent State?
(a) James.
(b) Todd.
(c) Jeffrey.
(d) Jack.

Short Answer Questions

1. How much money does the author find in his apartment building the day after graduating college?

2. What do Lisa and her husband share a deep commitment to?

3. What would the author travel with in his fantasy television show?

4. Who picks up the author when he first hitchhikes?

5. Where does the orchard owner suggest David take a job?

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