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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. Who believes that Freud, the family cat, is speaking through dreams?
(a) Natalie.
(b) Hope.
(c) Agnes.
(d) Augusten.
2. How does Deirdre dispose of the tree in Augusten's memory?
(a) She eats the needles, one by one.
(b) She chops it into small pieces.
(c) She lights it on fire.
(d) She pitches it off the balcony.
3. What does the Finch family hope to find when they visit the Christmas tree?
(a) Candy.
(b) Presents.
(c) Money.
(d) Ornaments.
4. What does Augusten vow to become when he grows up?
(a) A writer.
(b) A father.
(c) A hair stylist.
(d) A doctor.
5. 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 principal.
(c) From the priest.
(d) From a homeless man.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who do Natalie and Augusten rope into performing with them?
2. What does Augusten see Hope carrying through the kitchen after the cat has died?
3. How tall was the Douglas Fir that Deirdre purchased when Augusten was 10 years old?
4. Whose idea is it for Augusten to go searching for a part-time job?
5. Who passes Augusten a note that reads "You are nothing but a sex object"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Deirdre confess to Augusten that drives a wedge between him and Natalie?
2. What happens to the rest of the Finch family in the epilogue?
3. What happens after Augusten becomes smitten with the boy from the convenience store?
4. What happens when Augusten sets out to dye Neil Bookman's hair?
5. Why do Hope Finch and Neil Bookman get into a huge fight about Neil's relationship with Augusten?
6. Who is Cesar Mendoza and what does he look like?
7. After Neil Bookman has been gone for over a year, what realization does Augusten come to about their relationship?
8. Halfway through the memoir, the demeanor of the Finch family home begins to change. In what ways is stress affecting the family?
9. What happens after Deirdre meets Winnie Pye?
10. What conversation between Agnes and Natalie erupts into a huge fight as the family is watching television?
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