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

2. What does David's boss find him doing?
(a) Replacing money in her purse.
(b) Snorting cocaine.
(c) Beating up his coworker.
(d) Stealing money from her purse.

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

4. What inspiring visitor comes to the author's school when he is in ninth grade?
(a) An astronaut.
(b) A doctor.
(c) A mime.
(d) A politician.

5. Where are David and Pam when one of the wheels falls off her chair?
(a) West Virginia.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) South Carolina.
(d) Delaware.

Short Answer Questions

1. What job does the author take in San Francisco?

2. How long does the author write that the bus from North Carolina to Oregon takes?

3. What does acting bear a striking resemblance to, when done with precision, according to the author?

4. What year is the last time the author heard from Peg?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does David live in college? Why? Who does he live with?

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

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

4. What are David and his sister's after-school jobs in high school? How does David like his job?

5. Why does David befriend the prisoners on staff in "Dinah the Christmas Whore" and what is his conclusion?

6. What does David's coworker do regarding money in "Something for Everyone"? How does David react?

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

8. In what way does Peg change at the end of "The Incomplete Quad"?

9. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

10. How does David try to right the wrong of his coworker in "Something for Everyone"?

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