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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-16.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "My Manuscript", what shocked Chad's father about the student priest's appearance when he arrived home from school one day?
(a) He was wearing makeup.
(b) He was wearing a dress.
(c) He had no pants on.
(d) He had shaved his head.

2. How do most of the customers in "Firestone" react to the narrator's attempts to convert them to his religion?
(a) They are willing to listen, but decline to take action.
(b) They ignore him.
(c) They are rude and resistant.
(d) They are open to his ideas.

3. Who does Sedaris impersonate singing "Away in the Manger" while working with Santa Santa in "Santaland Diaries"?
(a) Billie Holiday
(b) Bob Hope
(c) Etta James
(d) Santa Santa

4. Who is Khe Sahn in "Season's Greetings..."?
(a) Kevin's girlfriend
(b) Clifford's illegitimate daughter
(c) The Dunbar's maid
(d) Kevin's illegitimate daughter

5. What does the narrator of "The Last You'll Hear From Me" encourage those attending her funeral to throw at Randy and Annette?
(a) Paperweights
(b) Stones
(c) Insults
(d) Chairs

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Mr. Chatam in "My Manuscript"?

2. Why does Melinda begin crying in "Glen's Homophobia Newsletter"?

3. What does Sedaris think every male reader of "Giantess" longs for?

4. What does the narrator of "My Manuscript" aspire to become?

5. What business are the narrator's parents in in "We Get Along"?

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