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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Dave decide to arrange in this chapter?

2. What does Dave deny being?

3. What does Dave say the participants can keep on during the photo shoot?

4. Who does Dave say is traumatized by the Rich obituary?

5. Who does Dave call to help the answer to #118?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is wrong with Dave at the end of Chapter 8?

2. How is Toph's life beginning to change in Chapter 8?

3. What does Dave start in Chapter 6?

4. How does the Real Show eventually help Dave to promote the Might magazine?

5. How does Dave deal with John in Chapter 7?

6. How does Dave feel when he visits his old house?

7. What happens when the magazine claims Adam Rich has been murdered?

8. How is Dave's situation changing in Chapter 8?

9. In what way is Toph still a big part of Dave's life?

10. What new idea do Dave and his editors come up with for the magazine in Chapter 9?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Examine the role of an editor.

1) What is the role of a editor? What different kinds of editors are there?

2) How much say does an editor has with what goes into a publication?

3) In what way does Dave have the right characteristics to succeed as an editor?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss differences between the novel and autobiographical formats. What are the main elements of a novel? What are the main elements of an autobiography? What can novelists express that an autobiographer cannot? How can autobiographies keep to the facts while still maintaining a level of entertainment?

Essay Topic 3

What major events had a profound effect on Eggers' life and how did they change him? What does Eggers still have to learn by the end of the book?

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