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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mrs. Toni obsessed with in "Don's Story"?
(a) Crime stories
(b) Her daughter
(c) Don's life
(d) Greyhound buses

2. What excuse does Malison give to Bethany for not going out for a drink with her in "After Malison"?
(a) He is not interested in her
(b) He has another reading to attend
(c) His wife is about to give birth to their baby
(d) His wife is ill

3. What does the narrator change his elf name to when he has bad days at work in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle
(b) Blisters
(c) Troll
(d) Grumpy

4. What is the author's opinion of his mother's housekeeper's skills in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) He believes she spends too much time vacuuming.
(b) He believes she is the most skilled housekeeper he has ever seen.
(c) He is ambivalent towards her.
(d) He believes she is a lazy, incompetent housekeeper.

5. What does Chad's father buy him for Christmas in "My Manuscript"?
(a) A typewriter
(b) Alcohol
(c) Guitar lessons
(d) A set of golf clubs

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sedaris notice happens to the giantess characters in the stories as they grow in "Giantess"?

2. How does the narrator's father die in "We Get Along"?

3. Why does the narrator in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter" encourage readers to mention his newsletter to others rather than lending them their copies of it?

4. What job did Sedaris hope to get on "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?

5. What role did Sleighbell, the elf play on "One Life to Live" in "Santaland Diaries"?

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