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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What bad habit does Augusten pick up, replacing his obsession with jewelry?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Spitting.
(c) Chewing tobacco.
(d) Drinking.

3. What does Dr. Finch encourage his family to do to promote mental health?
(a) Pray.
(b) Fight.
(c) Exercise.
(d) Write.

4. Who is Troy?
(a) Augusten's cousin.
(b) Augusten's lover.
(c) Augusten's friend.
(d) Augusten's brother.

5. What is Augusten's reaction to meeting Joranne?
(a) He laughs at her.
(b) He is afraid of her.
(c) He is jealous of her.
(d) He is disgusted by her.

6. What is Augusten's mother always immersed in?
(a) Her marriage.
(b) Her work.
(c) Her son.
(d) Her housework.

7. How does Dr. Finch initially react to the giant hole in his kitchen ceiling?
(a) He is entertained.
(b) He is apathetic.
(c) He is calm.
(d) He is enraged.

8. How old was Natalie's boyfriend, Terrence Maxwell, when she moved in with him at the age of 13?
(a) 21.
(b) 41.
(c) 51.
(d) 31.

9. Who does Augusten think that Dr. Finch resembles?
(a) Santa Clause.
(b) His father.
(c) A leprechaun.
(d) Mr. Peanut.

10. What color is the Finch's house painted?
(a) Pink.
(b) Black.
(c) Orange.
(d) Purple.

11. Why does Hope "Bible-dip"?
(a) To broaden her vocabulary.
(b) To clean the pages of the Bible.
(c) To answer her questions.
(d) To deepen her spirituality.

12. What part of Joanne's body is red and cracked?
(a) Her hands.
(b) Her lips.
(c) Her knees.
(d) Her feet.

13. What keeps Augusten from wanting to attend classes?
(a) His unseemly hairstyle.
(b) His inability to grasp simple academic concepts.
(c) His lanky limbs.
(d) His unfashionable wardrobe.

14. What does Dr. Finch's grandson do under the grand piano?
(a) Vomit.
(b) Bleed.
(c) Defecate.
(d) Urinate.

15. What is Augusten's reaction to seeing his mother being intimate with someone in the kitchen?
(a) He is apathetic.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is elated.
(d) He is saddened.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Hope take to visit Augusten after Augusten admits to his homosexuality?

2. Who does Augusten have an unnatural admiration for?

3. What does Dr. Finch say that he hopes to remove from sexuality?

4. Who does Augusten regret that he cannot tell group therapy about?

5. How does Augusten feel after the sexual encounter with Neil?

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