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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 is the author living when he graduates college?

2. What does David's boss find him doing?

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

4. What is the name of the girl who is befriended by the author's roommate in "I Like Guys"?

5. What does the forklift operator have a collection of in his house?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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