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

2. What is the name of the man whom Lisa marries?

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

4. Who is the only person who responds to the author's lengthy letters while at the apple orchard?

5. What is the name of the boy who sleeps in the bunk below David at camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use and description of setting in Naked. How does Sedaris create a visual effect upon the reader? What settings are described in great detail?

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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