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

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

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

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

5. What would the author travel with in his fantasy television show?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What takes place in "Next of Kin"? Where does the title derive from? How does this title take on two meanings in the text? What is the outcome of this story?

Essay Topic 2

What are the events which take place in "Get Your Ya-ya's Out"? What themes does this piece reflect? How does the author describe the settings in this essay?

Essay Topic 3

Describe and discuss where the principle setting is of the earlier essays in Naked. How does the author feel about where he grew up?

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