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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. What do the girls in the Sedaris household play?
(a) House.
(b) Veterenarian.
(c) Reformatory.
(d) Nurse.

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

3. What year is the last time the author heard from Peg?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1982.
(c) 1994.
(d) 1965.

4. What does David's coworker tell the woman whose apartment they're painting about David?
(a) He is stealing.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He is stupid.

5. What is packed in the money the author finds in "Something for Everyone"?
(a) Marijuana.
(b) Heroin.
(c) Tobacco.
(d) Cocaine.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author graduate from college?

2. Where is the author living when he graduates college?

3. How much money does David's coworker take from their boss's purse?

4. Near what sea is the summer camp located which the author goes to?

5. What is the name of the man whom the author and Veronica worked for picking apples?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the author's reaction to Shakespeare?

2. What does David realize at the end of "Drama Bug" regarding his mother?

3. How does David's friendship develop in "I Like Guys"?

4. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

5. Where do David and his sister go in "I Like Guys"? Who do they befriend?

6. Who is Dinah and what does Lisa say upon seeing her?

7. Who finally hires David in "Something for Everyone"? Who is his coworker?

8. What is David's discovery about the disabled? How does he use it to his advantage?

9. Describe David's initial reaction to Curly's home.

10. How does David come to believe he must find a job in "Something for Everyone"?

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