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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. What seafood do Augusten and Natalie eat for dinner after the whale watch?
(a) Shrimp cocktail.
(b) Octapus.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Great White shark.

2. Now that he is on his own, to what city does Augusten hope to move?
(a) Chicago.
(b) New York City.
(c) Detroit.
(d) Seattle.

3. What medical affliction is brought on Hope due to stress?
(a) Heavy breathing.
(b) Itchy skin.
(c) Rapid blinking.
(d) Heart palpatations.

4. What is Winnie Pye's occupation?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Nurse.
(c) Artist.
(d) Waitress.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What interesting thing does Augusten catch his mother eating?

3. What emotion does Augusten feel after he sees the boy reading his note?

4. What color does the dyed hair come out as?

5. With what instrument does Deirdre scrawl the number 5 around her hospital room?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is Cesar Mendoza and what does he look like?

2. What happens when Augusten and Natalie go into the city to search for part-time jobs?

3. What happens when Brenda comes to visit the Finch family?

4. What does Augusten realize about the places that he has lived in relationship to his hopes and dreams for the future?

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

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

7. How do the Finch family respond to having their furniture outside?

8. What disturbing behavior does Augusten witness from his mother during their stay in Rhode Island?

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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