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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is packed in the money the author finds in "Something for Everyone"?
(a) Heroin.
(b) Cocaine.
(c) Marijuana.
(d) Tobacco.

2. Who is the only person who responds to the author's lengthy letters while at the apple orchard?
(a) His father.
(b) Amy.
(c) Veronica.
(d) Lisa.

3. Where does the author go to meet his hitchhiking friend after his second year in college?
(a) Delaware.
(b) San Francisco.
(c) Mexico.
(d) Los Angeles.

4. What does the narrator's mother wish to have done with her remains?
(a) Buried in New York.
(b) Cremated.
(c) Dumped in the ocean.
(d) Buried in a wood box.

5. Who does the author hitchhike cross-country with, who was creating his own college major in Beat literature?
(a) Jackson Andrews.
(b) Mary Catherine.
(c) Randolph Feathers.
(d) Cicily Jonson.

6. How many lines does the author end up with in the show that is produced by the traveling actor?
(a) Six.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

7. What is the name of the man whom the author and Veronica worked for picking apples?
(a) Cowboy.
(b) Jackson.
(c) Hobbs.
(d) Williams.

8. When does Lisa's wedding take place?
(a) October.
(b) December.
(c) January.
(d) April.

9. What is the name of the prostitute that Lisa brings back to the Sedaris home?
(a) Sarah.
(b) Maebelle.
(c) Dinah.
(d) Ethyl.

10. Where does the author tell the person who picks him up hitchhiking that his father is?
(a) A peace conference.
(b) In New Zealand.
(c) In Africa.
(d) At the senate.

11. Where does the author return after his time in Oregon?
(a) North Carolina.
(b) New York.
(c) San Francisco.
(d) Chicago.

12. Where in Oregon is the author going in "C.O.G."?
(a) Odell.
(b) Portland.
(c) Shreveport.
(d) Jackson.

13. Who's eighteenth birthday does the narrator's family celebrate four days before Christmas?
(a) Lisa's.
(b) Tiffany's.
(c) Gretchen's.
(d) His.

14. Where does the narrator transfer after his first year in college?
(a) Louisiana State Univeristy.
(b) Kent State.
(c) Penn State.
(d) Michigan State.

15. What does acting bear a striking resemblance to, when done with precision, according to the author?
(a) Singing.
(b) Stealing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Lying.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the first disabled student the author rooms with at Kent State?

2. What does David figure out that Uta is?

3. What job does the author take in San Francisco?

4. Where does the author's sister work as an after-school job?

5. What would the author travel with in his fantasy television show?

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