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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 is Sedaris's job at the cafeteria?
(a) Salad prep.
(b) Meat carver.
(c) Steam tables.
(d) Dish washer.

2. Everything about the_______ intimidates Sedaris in SantaLand.
(a) Holiday season.
(b) Elf costume.
(c) Children.
(d) Cash register.

3. What is Lisa Sedaris's job at the cafeteria?
(a) Meat carver.
(b) Salad prep.
(c) Dish washer.
(d) Steam tables.

4. What is the name of Dinah's boyfriend?
(a) Gus.
(b) Gene.
(c) Gerald.
(d) Geoff.

5. What is the nickname Cliff Dunbar gives to his grandson?
(a) Loser.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Crack Baby.
(d) Bad baby.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris hopes to end every episode of "Socrates and Company" with what?

2. How many letters did Clifford Dunbar send to his wife while he was in the service?

3. Where is baby Don found dead in the house?

4. What did Sedaris see someone dressed as and handing out leaflets on Lexington Avenue?

5. One afternoon they set a record at SantaLand by getting _______ people through in one hour.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David think about while he washes dishes at the cafeteria?

2. What happens while the Sedaris family is eating dinner to celebrate Lisa's eighteenth birthday?

3. What does the middle-aged Sedaris dream of doing?

4. What does the SantaLand training for elves include?

5. What is the best experience that Sedaris has while working at SantaLand?

6. What happens when Sedaris goes to work at SantaLand on Christmas Eve?

7. How does Jocelyn Dunbar treat Khe Sahn?

8. What happens the day that Jocelyn asks Khe Sahn to watch baby Don?

9. What happens when Lisa and David take Dinah home with them?

10. Why does David try to draw epiphanies from the released convicts he works with at the cafeteria?

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