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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 the name of the other worker hired to paint the apartment with David?

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

3. How many times has the author seen Planet of the Apes?

4. What is the name of the girl the narrator befriends in college?

5. What is the name of the woman who finally hires David to paint her apartment?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does David fantasize college will be like?

2. What does David's mother do after several days of his new way of talking in "Drama Bug"? How does he react?

3. What does David begin to think about people at the end of his hitchhiking days?

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

5. Why does David befriend the prisoners on staff in "Dinah the Christmas Whore" and what is his conclusion?

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

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

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

9. Where is David in the beginning of C.O.G.? How pleasant is this trip?

10. What is David's reaction to San Francisco? How long is he there?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the theme of "Imagination versus Reality" in the essays of Naked. How does this theme carry across into different stories?

Essay Topic 2

Define and discuss the following terms as they apply to Naked: Autobiography, Memoir, and Essay.

Essay Topic 3

What are the events which take place in "Get Your Ya-ya's Out"? What themes does this piece reflect? How does the author describe the settings in this essay?

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