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

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

3. What is the name of the boy David sits next to on the plane to camp?
(a) Seamen.
(b) Jack.
(c) Andrew.
(d) Billie.

4. What television program does the author fantasize about starring in one day?
(a) Win a Gazillion Dollars.
(b) Socrates and Company.
(c) Bonnie and Clyde.
(d) The A-Team.

5. What does the narrator's mother wish to have done with her remains?
(a) Buried in New York.
(b) Dumped in the ocean.
(c) Buried in a wood box.
(d) Cremated.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Peg end up living?

2. Where does the author graduate from college?

3. What does the author's mother announce that she has two weeks before Lisa's wedding?

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

5. Who tells about the little black girl who asked to touch her hair?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

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

5. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

6. What does David's coworker do to try to get David fired? How does this backfire?

7. How does the author describe his and others' behavior in trying to hide their homosexuality?

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

9. What does David's mother do after several days of his new way of talking in "Drama Bug"? How does he react?

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

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