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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris recalls that his mother explained
(a) That everyone had bowel movements, so he should not be ashamed about them.
(b) That one should never make a bowel movement at another's home.
(c) That everyone had bowel movements, but that we should not admit to them.
(d) That one should never leave a toilet unflushed.

2. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?
(a) Pop songs.
(b) Blues classics.
(c) Commercial jingles.
(d) Jazz classics.

3. Sedaris enjoys Alisha's visits because
(a) She is independent and always goes out on her own.
(b) She has her own opinions on New York.
(c) She never brings guests.
(d) She is willing to do whatever anyone else wants to do.

4. Miss Sampson attempts to illustrate Sedaris' speech problem by
(a) Insisting Sedaris only use 's' words.
(b) Making fun of his lisp at every opportunity.
(c) Asking the rest of the class to comment on it.
(d) Over enunciating her 's' sounds.

5. Sedaris attempts to hide his lisp by
(a) Refusing to speak during therapy.
(b) Mispronouncing all his words.
(c) Practicing his s-words at home.
(d) Learning as many s-free words as possible.

6. Bonnie is most interested in
(a) Following Sedaris' agenda.
(b) Staying inside to avoid New Yorkers.
(c) Visiting tourist traps.
(d) Learning about local culture.

7. The title The Youth In Asia applies to
(a) Euthanizing pets and adopting new ones.
(b) Sedaris' experiences living with a pet in Japan.
(c) Euthanizing pets and the Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny.
(d) Sedaris' dogs, Fatty and Skinny.

8. Sedaris finally recognizes Mr. Mancini as a fellow outsider when
(a) He recognizes that Mancini does not have any talent.
(b) He sees Mancini shopping in the boys' department for clothes.
(c) He sees Mancini getting harrassed at the mall.
(d) He recognizes that Mancini is unhappy in his work.

9. What prompts Sedaris to find a job in New York?
(a) He cannot live on his savings alone in New York.
(b) He is ashamed of his poverty.
(c) His father disapproves of his lifestyle.
(d) He is planning to buy a townhouse.

10. Sedaris refuses to order dessert because
(a) It contains non-traditional ingredients like luncheon meat.
(b) He is insulted by the waiter's suggestion that he is counting calories.
(c) He cannot pronounce it.
(d) It contains fattening creme fraiche.

11. Lou Sedaris once dreamed that computers would
(a) Eliminate the need to leave his home.
(b) Eliminate the need for typewriters.
(c) Connect people to their jobs at all times.
(d) Connect people all over the world.

12. Sedaris resents his father's approach toward art because
(a) It seems to come easily to his father, yet he does not invest in it.
(b) Art eludes both him and his father, but his father is viewed as an artist.
(c) He wants to be like his father, but cannot be.
(d) He knows his father's talent has not passed on to him.

13. Sedaris questions
(a) His own inability to go to the bathroom comfortably in public
(b) Others inability to feel shame.
(c) His own need for cleanliness.
(d) His own inability to leave the toilet unflushed, thereby assuming the guilt.

14. Sedaris first compares his speech therapist to
(a) A government agent.
(b) The devil.
(c) A supermodel.
(d) A football player.

15. Sedaris' friend Alisha describes most people as
(a) Nice.
(b) Sweet.
(c) A handful.
(d) Quirky.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Bonnie comes to enjoy New York when

3. Amy Sedaris is fond of

4. The name "Rooster" came from

5. One bi-product of new computer technology that Sedaris finds unfortunate is

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