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

2. What is the name of the girl who is befriended by the author's roommate in "I Like Guys"?
(a) Emily.
(b) Elizabeth.
(c) Theodora.
(d) Gretchen.

3. What is the name of the other worker hired to paint the apartment with David?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Warren.
(c) Dupont.
(d) Micheal.

4. Where does the author go to meet his hitchhiking friend after his second year in college?
(a) Los Angeles.
(b) Mexico.
(c) Delaware.
(d) San Francisco.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the girl that Lisa befriends at camp?

2. Where are the author and his sister sent to summer camp in "I Like Guys"?

3. How many times has the author seen Planet of the Apes?

4. Who is the author cast as in the show produced by the visiting actor?

5. Who's eighteenth birthday does the narrator's family celebrate four days before Christmas?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David begin to think about people at the end of his hitchhiking days?

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

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

4. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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