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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. How much money does David's coworker take from their boss's purse?

2. In what grade is the author when he's told his school will be integrating blacks and whites the following year?

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

4. Where does the narrator transfer after his first year in college?

5. What is the name of the girl that Lisa befriends at camp?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Who is Dinah and what does Lisa say upon seeing her?

3. How does the Sedaris family react to Dinah?

4. What does David's coworker do to try to get David fired? How does this backfire?

5. What does David's coworker do regarding money in "Something for Everyone"? How does David react?

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

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

8. How does the author describe his and others' behavior in trying to hide their homosexuality?

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

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

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.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the author's fascination with hitchhiking in the essays. What is it about this activity that attracts him? What is his final conclusion regarding hitchhiking? Why?

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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