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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why is the narrator of "After Malison" desperate to talk with Malison one-on-one?
(a) She wants him to read her new novel.
(b) She is in love with him.
(c) She believes she understands his work in a way others do not.
(d) She is trying to keep him away from her friend Bethany.

2. Where did Malison grow up in "After Malison"?
(a) Chesterton
(b) New York City
(c) Los Angeles
(d) Rotunda Surf

3. Who was Lena Payne in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) A nanny in the author's apartment complex
(b) The author's childhood housekeeper
(c) A maid in the author's apartment complex
(d) The author's mother

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

5. What is the author's elf name in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Usher
(b) Crumpet
(c) Sleighbell
(d) Walrus

6. What did the narrator's sister, Vicki aspire to be when she was younger? ("Jamboree")
(a) A singer
(b) A designer
(c) A dancer
(d) A record producer

7. Why is the author uncomfortable washing the blinds in the bathroom with G.L. in "The Curly Kind"?
(a) The cleaning chemicals will make G.L. sick.
(b) G.L. is naked.
(c) G.L. is watching television.
(d) The bathroom is extremely small.

8. Who are the "really bitter elves" according to the author in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Want-to-be actors and actresses
(b) Those who have to work with "Santa Santa"
(c) College students
(d) Those who worked in high power jobs before the recession

9. What happens to the curtains of Marilyn Notkin's apartment in "Giantess"?
(a) They are damaged by a giantess.
(b) The narrator sets them on fire with a heat gun.
(c) They are damaged by a squirrel.
(d) The narrator tears them down because he thinks they are ugly.

10. Where does Marty park his motorcycle in "Jamboree"?
(a) In the baby's nursery
(b) At his father-in-law's house
(c) In his bedroom
(d) In the garage

11. What is the last sight visitors see before going into Santa's house in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) The Sportswear Department
(b) The China Department
(c) The Magic Tree
(d) The maze

12. What does the narrator of "Diary of A Smoker" say is a "sure sign of trouble"?
(a) Cigarettes
(b) Sandals
(c) Coffee
(d) Someone sitting next to you on a park bench

13. What does Sedaris notice happens to the giantess characters in the stories as they grow in "Giantess"?
(a) They become moody and aggressive.
(b) They become sexually distant.
(c) They become gentle and docile.
(d) They like small men even better.

14. What does Malison name each of the characters in his second novel in "After Malison"?
(a) Professor Nobody
(b) Malison
(c) A. Davenport
(d) Smithy Smithy

15. What does Sedaris think every male reader of "Giantess" longs for?
(a) Size
(b) Infancy
(c) Punishment
(d) A woman

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Hugh require that the narrator do each time he smokes in "Diary of a Smoker"?

2. What color does the narrator paint the baby's nursery in "Jamboree"?

3. Which of the following is NOT a behavior exhibited by parents in the photo area in "Santaland Diaries"?

4. Which of the following is NOT a suggestion the editor of Giantess magazine gives the narrator in "Giantess"?

5. Why does the boy in the elevator refuse the Cheetos in "The Curly Kind"?

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