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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. What is the name of the other worker hired to paint the apartment with David?

3. How many lines does the author end up with in the show that is produced by the traveling actor?

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

5. What does the author's mother announce that she has two weeks before Lisa's wedding?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the Sedaris family view marriage?

10. In what way does Peg change at the end of "The Incomplete Quad"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Make a case for what you feel is the strongest theme throughout the book as a whole. What theme appears in most essays?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's use of "punch lines" in the text. What are examples of these in the essays? What is a "punch line" defined as?

Essay Topic 3

Which essay examines the author's homosexuality? What does he use as the comparison/juxtaposition of his homosexuality? Describe the events and themes of the essay.

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