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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Big Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adds to Sedaris' tension while he is in the bathroom?
(a) His friend keeps asking him what he is doing in there.
(b) He can hear the others beginning to talk about him outside.
(c) His friend keeps knocking on the door to hurry him up.
(d) He needs to use the toilet himself.

2. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as
(a) A midget.
(b) An expert.
(c) Short.
(d) A dwarf.

3. Sedaris' mother connects most closely with
(a) The collies' puppies.
(b) The collies.
(c) Her cats.
(d) Madchen 1.

4. Paul's relationship with his father might be described as
(a) Callous and indifferent.
(b) Blunt and hurtful.
(c) Coddling and protective.
(d) Honest and direct.

5. Why is Sedaris unable to ignore the problem?
(a) Everyone else knows he has been in the bathroom.
(b) He feels guilty about leaving a mess behind for others to clean up.
(c) He is obsessive about cleanliness.
(d) Everyone else has already tried to clean it up an failed.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father

2. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?

3. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because

4. Sedaris fears his father is not up to the task of caring for his new dog, Sophie, because

5. The irony of the fisherman's position is that

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