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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 is the author cast as in the show produced by the visiting actor?

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

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

4. What is the name of the girl that Lisa befriends at camp?

5. Where does the author graduate from college?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of language as a comedic technique in "Drama Bug." How does his family react to his behavior in this essay? What is the outcome?

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 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?

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