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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 4: "The Vacuum" through "Fresh-Caught Haddock".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Lisa think she knows more about than other people?
(a) How to care for animals.
(b) How to defend herself.
(c) How to run a classroom.
(d) How to drive a car.

2. In "Themes and Variations," how does Sedaris meet Mary?
(a) She owns a bookstore.
(b) She is his media escort.
(c) She is a front desk clerk.
(d) She is a taxi driver.

3. In "Fresh-Caught Haddock," what does the young woman in Union Square try to give Sedaris?
(a) A bandana.
(b) A protest sign.
(c) A bottle of water.
(d) Spray paint.

4. In "Unbuttoned," what do the Sedaris siblings see out the window at Lou's house?
(a) A naked woman.
(b) A drone.
(c) A lightning strike.
(d) A doe.

5. In the beginning of "Fresh-Caught Haddock," where are Sedaris, Amy, and Hugh as they listen to the sounds of the protest?
(a) In the kitchen of one of Amy's apartments.
(b) In an upscale boutique on Fifth Avenue.
(c) On the terrace of one of Hugh and Sedaris's apartments.
(d) In a restaurant bordering Central Park.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pearls," what does Sedaris call the "first step to divorce" (156)?

2. On page 151 of "The Vacuum," what phrase does Sedaris say he resents having survived the pandemic?

3. In "Bruised," what does Clotilde occupy herself with on most days?

4. In "To Serbia with Love," what is one of the main things that Sedaris explicitly says Westerners have that people from Eastern Europe lack?

5. In "To Serbia with Love," what irritates Sedaris about his driver in Lisbon?

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