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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 show wants to hire one of the magazine's made up celebrities?

2. What city does Dave return to in this chapter?

3. What does John have done at hospital in this chapter?

4. What does the landlady's wife not like about Dave?

5. What do Dave and his friends eat at the girl's house?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the misunderstanding between the Might magazine and Where in the World is Carmen San Diego in Chapter 8?

2. Why do more people agree to to the magazines nude photo shoot in Chapter 7?

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

4. Describe Dave's interview with the producer in Chapter 6.

5. Describe the wedding in Chapter 10.

6. What does Dave start in Chapter 6?

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

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

9. What does Dave do for the front cover of the first issue?

10. Why is the apartment not a good place to live?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What similarities in style and tone does Dave's memoir share with Might magazine?

Essay Topic 2

Eggers uses fantasy elements in his memoir.

1) Why does Eggers uses fantasy elements in a non-fiction book?

2) When does he use fantasy elements, and why?

Essay Topic 3

Examine Dave's relationship with Toph.

1) In what way is Dave in danger of smothering his younger brother?

2) In what way does Dave need Toph as much as Toph needs him?

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