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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the note that Augusten gives to the convenience store worker profess a desire for?
(a) Friendship.
(b) Sex.
(c) Money.
(d) Love.

2. What does Neil Bookman confront Hope Finch about?
(a) Her mental instability.
(b) Her lack of a love life.
(c) The way that she treats Augusten.
(d) Her relationship with her father.

3. Who do Natalie and Augusten rope into performing with them?
(a) Dr. Finch's patients.
(b) Dr. Finch.
(c) Dr. Finch's coworkers.
(d) Dr. Finch's neighbors.

4. For what reasons does Deirdre's new girlfriend paint her toenails?
(a) She paints them to reflect the weather.
(b) She paints them to reflect her level of sexual satisfaction.
(c) She paints them to reflect her mood.
(d) She paints them to reflect her finances.

5. When Augusten confronts Dorothy in the kitchen, what is she spreading on crackers?
(a) Cat food.
(b) Mayonnaise.
(c) Mustard.
(d) Hand soap.

6. How does Augusten compare as a student to Natalie?
(a) Natalie is a far better student than Augusten.
(b) Augusten and Natalie are equally poor students.
(c) Augusten is a far better student than Natalie.
(d) Augusten and Natalie are equally excellent students.

7. In what month does the Finch family begin to argue about the disposal of the Christmas tree?
(a) November.
(b) July.
(c) January.
(d) May.

8. What is Natalie's response to the abusive audience member?
(a) She curses at him.
(b) She punches him in the groin.
(c) She bursts into tears.
(d) She spits on him.

9. Into whose bedroom does Natalie move the Finch family Christmas tree?
(a) Into Augusten's.
(b) Into her own.
(c) Into Hope's.
(d) Into her parents'.

10. What does Augusten divulge that Brenda actually becomes in her adulthood?
(a) An artist.
(b) A masseuse.
(c) A writer.
(d) A dancer.

11. What emotion does Augusten feel after he sees the boy reading his note?
(a) Hope.
(b) Embarrasment.
(c) Arousal.
(d) Anger.

12. At the end of the chapter entitled "I would dye for you", whose hair does Augusten dye?
(a) His own.
(b) Natalie's.
(c) Hope's.
(d) Neil Bookman's.

13. How does Augusten travel to visit his mother in Amherst?
(a) On his bicycle.
(b) By bus.
(c) On foot.
(d) By train.

14. Who is Dr. Finch worried will seize his home?
(a) His children.
(b) A hostile ex-patient.
(c) Aliens.
(d) The IRS.

15. Who believes that Freud, the family cat, is speaking through dreams?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Hope.
(c) Augusten.
(d) Agnes.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Neil Bookman tell Augusten that he has gone to buy when he disappears in Chapter 22?

2. How long of a notice does Augusten give Natalie before he moves out of his apartment?

3. Which character suffers a stroke, but continues working?

4. What does one audience member do to Natalie and Augusten during their first performance?

5. What does Augusten vow to become when he grows up?

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