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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What professions does Augusten associate with mental illness?
(a) Gardening.
(b) Medicine.
(c) Athletics.
(d) Writing.

4. With whose help does Augusten bash a giant hole in the kitchen ceiling?
(a) Neil Bookman's.
(b) Natalie's.
(c) Hope's.
(d) Agnes'

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of professor is Norman Burroughs?

2. What career path does Natalie encourage Augusten to pursue?

3. What does Augusten admit to imitating?

4. From where does Augusten steal the window for the kitchen skylight?

5. What is Augusten's reaction to meeting Joranne?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Augusten walk in on when he visits his mother while he is skipping school?

2. How does the Finch family celebrate "World Father's Day"?

3. How does the reunification between Augusten and his mother go?

4. Why has Natalie moved back home with her parents?

5. What happens when Poo Bear walks in on the kids playing with the electroshock machine?

6. How does Hope respond to Augusten's desire to move to New York City?

7. What is "Bible-dipping'?

8. What does Augusten become obsessed with, relating to his future employment aspirations?

9. What is Augusten expecting of the Finch's home, and what does he find?

10. What is Augusten looking forward to doing after his mother leaves for the poetry reading?

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