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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. Who picks up the author when he first hitchhikes?

2. What television program does the author fantasize about starring in one day?

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

4. What airline does the narrator take to go to camp?

5. What does David's boss find him doing?

Short Essay Questions

1. What are David and his sister's after-school jobs in high school? How does David like his job?

2. Where do David and his sister go in "I Like Guys"? Who do they befriend?

3. Where does David live in college? Why? Who does he live with?

4. Describe David's initial reaction to Curly's home.

5. How does David try to right the wrong of his coworker in "Something for Everyone"?

6. What is the author's reaction to Shakespeare?

7. What does David fantasize college will be like?

8. How does David come to believe he must find a job in "Something for Everyone"?

9. What is David's discovery about the disabled? How does he use it to his advantage?

10. What does David realize at the end of "Drama Bug" regarding his mother?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the author's use of structure and motif in the essay "True Detective." Describe ways in which the author "sets up" the humor in this piece.

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss where the principle setting is of the earlier essays in Naked. How does the author feel about where he grew up?

Essay Topic 3

Which essay examines the author's homosexuality? What does he use as the comparison/juxtaposition of his homosexuality? Describe the events and themes of the essay.

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