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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 12: The 7 & ? Inch Disaster.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Into what does Deirdre recite her poetry?
(a) A tape recorder.
(b) A hairbrush.
(c) An unplugged microphone.
(d) A television remote control.

2. Whose idea is it for Augusten to fake a suicide?
(a) Dr. Finch's.
(b) Hope's.
(c) Deirdre's.
(d) Neil Bookman's.

3. Which of these events do NOT occur when Augusten is skipping school?
(a) Augusten goes shopping.
(b) Augusten goes to see movies.
(c) Augusten writes in his journal.
(d) Augusten plays chess.

4. What is the name of the town in which the Burroughs family lives?
(a) Northampton.
(b) Southampton.
(c) Westhampton.
(d) Easthampton.

5. Who does Augusten observe being intimate with his mother in the kitchen?
(a) Mr. Stewart.
(b) Neil Bookman.
(c) Dr. Finch.
(d) Fern Stewart.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is Augusten's father described?

2. Why does Augusten want to commit suicide?

3. What is Deirdre's reaction to Augusten when she comes to pick him up?

4. Who does Dr. Finch find sleeping in the small room connected to his office?

5. How much money does Augusten borrow from his mother before he leaves her house in Chapter 7?

(see the answer key)

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