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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 is Sedaris's job at the cafeteria?

2. What is the date of Jocelyn Dunbar's hearing?

3. How old is Sedaris is "SantaLand Diaries"?

4. Where does Sedaris picture Socrates helping after he loses his memory?

5. Jocelyn Dunbar refers to her family's tragedy as what in the first paragraph of "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Joceyln Dunbar have to say about her neighbor Cherise Clarmont-Shea?

7. What does Sedaris find annoying about his co-workers at SantaLand?

8. What are some of the experiences Sedaris has with the adults who visit SantaLand?

9. What are some of the jobs Sedaris does as Crumpet the elf?

10. What does Sedaris have to go through to be hired at SantaLand?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of misguided expectations and how it resonates throughout the book.

Essay Topic 2

What is the nature of David's relationship with his sister Lisa? What purpose does her character serve in the story "Dinah, the Christmas Whore"?

Essay Topic 3

What qualities does Jocelyn Dunbar embody both as a character and as a narrator of the story? What makes her a reliable or unreliable narrator?

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