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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Today's Special.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by
(a) Creating an assignment in which students wrote their own soap operas.
(b) Arguing that soap operas taught attention to character.
(c) Arguing that soap operas were an eduring fom of writing.
(d) Creating a writing assignment in which students predicted upcoming events.

2. When Mancini insists he name his guitar, Sedaris names his "Joan," after
(a) His cousin.
(b) His friend.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

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

4. Sedaris' first artistic success takes the form of
(a) A frying pan full of toy soldiers.
(b) Two wooden crates filled with garbage.
(c) Toe nail clippings.
(d) A nest of human hair.

5. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?
(a) His love of North Carolina.
(b) His love of jazz.
(c) His love of quartets.
(d) His love of guitar.

Short Answer Questions

1. What prompts Sedaris to find a job in New York?

2. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to

3. Lou Sedaris busies himself

4. After his gourmet meal, Sedaris elects to

5. Despite his experiences, Sedaris still finds the view of Manhattan and the fantasy of wealth

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