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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 television program does the author fantasize about starring in one day?

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

3. Where does the author go to meet his hitchhiking friend after his second year in college?

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

5. What does the author's mother offer the prostitute that Lisa brings home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

5. What is David's reaction to San Francisco? How long is he there?

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's fascination with hitchhiking in the essays. What is it about this activity that attracts him? What is his final conclusion regarding hitchhiking? Why?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the theme, "The Good and Bad of Humanity." How is this theme reflected in several essays? Give examples of persons from the text who represent each.

Essay Topic 3

Compare and contrast the author's mother and father in the essays. How are these personalities similar? How do they differ?

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