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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 character graduates from college with a dual degree?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Augusten.
(c) Hope.
(d) Neil Bookman.

2. What new skill do Augusten and Natalie practice and hone in Chapter 15?
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Painting.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

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

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

5. With what instrument does Deirdre scrawl the number 5 around her hospital room?
(a) Feces.
(b) Lipstick.
(c) Paint.
(d) Blood.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Winnie Pye's occupation?

2. Under what is Freud trapped by the dreamer?

3. Which character suffers from Alzheimer's and is admitted into a home?

4. Who does Augusten wake to hear Cesar Mendoza having sex with?

5. Who believes that Freud, the family cat, is speaking through dreams?

Short Essay Questions

1. After Neil Bookman has been gone for over a year, what realization does Augusten come to about their relationship?

2. What happens after Deirdre meets Winnie Pye?

3. What happens when Natalie and Augusten go to visit Father Kimmel in town?

4. What does Augusten remember about the Christmas tree that his mother brought home when Augusten was 10?

5. Halfway through the memoir, the demeanor of the Finch family home begins to change. In what ways is stress affecting the family?

6. What happens after Augusten becomes smitten with the boy from the convenience store?

7. What happens when Augusten sets out to dye Neil Bookman's hair?

8. Why do the Finch family still have a Christmas tree in May?

9. What conversation between Agnes and Natalie erupts into a huge fight as the family is watching television?

10. How do Natalie and Augusten get on at college?

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