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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 labeled as an "incomplete quad"?

3. Where is Lisa's camp friend from?

4. What job does the narrator do at his place of after-school employment?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

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

3. Where is David in the beginning of C.O.G.? How pleasant is this trip?

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

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

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

7. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

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

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

10. What does David fantasize college will be like?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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 2

Discuss "Dinah the Christmas Whore." What events take place in this essay? What lesson does the author learn?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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