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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 Winnie Pye's occupation?

2. Where does Deirdre's new girlfriend get most of her money?

3. What drug do Natalie and Augusten do before they set out looking for jobs?

4. After watching Brenda dance, what does Augusten go searching for in the hopes of creating structure in his life?

5. Who comes to help alleviate the situation when Deirdre is having a mental breakdown?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Brenda comes to visit the Finch family?

2. After Neil Bookman has been gone for over a year, what realization does Augusten come to about their relationship?

3. Who is Cesar Mendoza and what does he look like?

4. What does Augusten remember about the Christmas tree that his mother brought home when Augusten was 10?

5. What conversation between Agnes and Natalie erupts into a huge fight as the family is watching television?

6. How do the Finch family respond to having their furniture outside?

7. What happens when Natalie loses her earrings in the hotel?

8. What does Deirdre confess to Augusten that drives a wedge between him and Natalie?

9. What significant event happens during Natalie and Augusten's first live performance at the mental health hospital?

10. What does Augusten realize about the places that he has lived in relationship to his hopes and dreams for the future?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The Finch family uses many methods to receive messages from God when they are stressed out about a situation. Compare and contrast the two methods of communication that Hope and Dr. Finch use to speak to God about their troubles, and then explain why you think the Finch family believes that they are in open communication with God about their trivial problems.

Essay Topic 2

At the conclusion of the memoir, many readers will side with Augusten in his belief that the Finch household was a terrible place to grow up, but they were the only stability that he had as a child. Give three examples of times when the Finches proved that they had Augusten's best interests at heart, and explain why the Finches may have been portrayed in a bad light throughout the memoir.

Essay Topic 3

All through his life, Augusten wanted to be famous.

Part 1.) Give three examples in which Augusten showed his desire for celebrity.

Part 2.) Now that Augusten actually is famous, explain how Augusten treats his family.

Part 3.) Hypothesize on whether or not fame and celebrity is what Augusten was hoping for when he was a child.

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