Running with Scissors Test | Final Test - Easy

Augusten Burroughs
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Running with Scissors Test | Final Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What courses does Augusten enroll in when he first begins his college education?
(a) Law.
(b) Music.
(c) Creative writing.
(d) Pre-med.

3. Who is the most skeptical of Hope's mental instability?
(a) Augusten.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Dr. Finch.
(d) Natalie.

4. What happens to Dr. Finch after the close of the memoir?
(a) He wins a prestigious medical award.
(b) His wife, Agnes, finally leaves him.
(c) He suffers from Alzheimer's.
(d) He loses his medical license.

5. Why does Deirdre decide to search for a new girlfriend?
(a) Because Fern has decided to leave Deirdre.
(b) Because Deirdre is not sexually satisfied.
(c) Because Deirdre has simply grown tired of her relationship with Fern.
(d) Because Fern will not leave her husband.

6. What is Augusten's reaction to Neil Bookman's disappearance?
(a) He is relieved.
(b) He is terrified.
(c) He is amused.
(d) He is devastated.

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

8. Who does Augusten call while trying to locate Neil Bookman?
(a) Yellow Cab Taxi Company.
(b) American Airlines.
(c) Amtrak Trains.
(d) The New York City Subways.

9. From whom do Natalie and Augusten get more money to see a movie after their own cash has run out?
(a) From Neil Bookman.
(b) From the priest.
(c) From the principal.
(d) From a homeless man.

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

11. Who comes to help alleviate the situation when Deirdre is having a mental breakdown?
(a) Hope.
(b) Agnes.
(c) Natalie.
(d) Dr. Finch.

12. After watching Brenda dance, what does Augusten go searching for in the hopes of creating structure in his life?
(a) A part-time job.
(b) A pet.
(c) A boyfriend.
(d) A best friend.

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

14. During the argument between Hope Finch and Neil Bookman, who does Augusten side with?
(a) He is torn between them, siding with both equally.
(b) He sides with neither of them.
(c) He sides with Hope.
(d) He sides with Neil.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Augusten state hating about his relationship with Neil Bookman?

2. What medical affliction is brought on Hope due to stress?

3. Which character graduates from college with a dual degree?

4. During the fight with Neil Bookman, what word does Augusten use to describe Hope?

5. Which character is never heard from again?

(see the answer keys)

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