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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job does the narrator do at his place of after-school employment?
(a) Paperboy.
(b) Candy vendor.
(c) Chef.
(d) Dish washer.

2. What does Gretchen do while asking her brother about having children?
(a) Drinks a martini.
(b) Smokes a cigarette.
(c) Smokes marijuana.
(d) Drops acid.

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

4. What do Lisa and her husband share a deep commitment to?
(a) Mexican food.
(b) Her family.
(c) Italian food.
(d) His family.

5. When does Lisa's wedding take place?
(a) April.
(b) October.
(c) January.
(d) December.

6. What is the name of the boy who sleeps in the bunk below David at camp?
(a) Buster.
(b) Johnnie.
(c) Jason.
(d) Willie.

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

8. Where does the author graduate from college?
(a) DePaul University.
(b) Texas A&M.
(c) The Art Institute.
(d) Northwestern University.

9. Where does the author tell the person who picks him up hitchhiking that his father is?
(a) A peace conference.
(b) In Africa.
(c) In New Zealand.
(d) At the senate.

10. Who is the author's friend who shares a fascination with acting in Naked?
(a) Sherry.
(b) Lois.
(c) Jennifer.
(d) Tilda.

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

12. Who is labeled as an "incomplete quad"?
(a) Dale.
(b) Peg.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Butch.

13. What is the name of the woman who finally hires David to paint her apartment?
(a) Uta.
(b) Tootie.
(c) Sandra.
(d) Ilsa.

14. What is the ancient beagle named, owned by the man the author picked apples for?
(a) Billie.
(b) Max.
(c) Jolly.
(d) Ringo.

15. How much money does the author find in his apartment building the day after graduating college?
(a) Twenty dollars.
(b) One thousand dollars.
(c) Fifty dollars.
(d) One hundred dollars.

Short Answer Questions

1. What show does the visiting actor produce in "The Drama Bug"?

2. Where does the author end up riding much of the way on his bus trip to Oregon?

3. What does David figure out that Uta is?

4. Where does the narrator hitchhike with his friend to see fake Indians?

5. What does David's boss find him doing?

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