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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the other worker hired to paint the apartment with David?

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

3. What do the girls in the Sedaris household play?

4. How much money does the author find in his apartment building the day after graduating college?

5. Who has drawn the author's name in the Christmas lottery for gifts?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

5. Where is David in the beginning of C.O.G.? How pleasant is this trip?

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

7. What does David fantasize college will be like?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss Sedaris' use of satire. How does satire apply to a memoir piece? How does the author's structure reflect this style?

Essay Topic 2

Make a case for what you feel is the strongest theme throughout the book as a whole. What theme appears in most essays?

Essay Topic 3

Define and discuss the following terms as they apply to Naked: Autobiography, Memoir, and Essay.

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