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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. Who picks up the author when he first hitchhikes?

2. Who is the first disabled student the author rooms with at Kent State?

3. What does Gretchen do while asking her brother about having children?

4. Where does the narrator transfer after his first year in college?

5. Where is the author living when he graduates college?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. Why does David befriend the prisoners on staff in "Dinah the Christmas Whore" and what is his conclusion?

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

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

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the theme of "Imagination versus Reality" in the essays of Naked. How does this theme carry across into different stories?

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