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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Happy-Go Lucky" through "Lady Marmalade".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the title of the essay "Lady Marmalade" come from?
(a) A pen name that Amy used when she wrote short stories and plays in high school.
(b) A painting that Lou did of Lisa when she was a teenager.
(c) A song that was popular when Sedaris's parents took him and Gretchen to New Orleans.
(d) A nickname that Sedaris gave his sister Tiffany because of her breakfast habits.

2. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," what is Sedaris stunned to hear Lou admit to being wrong about?
(a) Hoarding.
(b) Trump.
(c) Painting.
(d) Writing.

3. In "Lady Marmalade," what incident causes Lou's attitude toward Gretchen to change?
(a) He discovers her having sex with her boyfriend.
(b) She accuses him of inappropriate behavior.
(c) She moves out when she is only seventeen.
(d) He finds marijuana in her bedroom.

4. In "Bruised," how old is Olivier?
(a) 16.
(b) 10.
(c) 14.
(d) 12.

5. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what does Sedaris mention having purchased at Sotheby's?
(a) A Ming-Dynasty vase.
(b) A Picasso painting.
(c) A Piguet watch.
(d) A first-edition copy of Tom Sawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "A Better Place," what specific rhetorical technique does Sedaris complain about?

2. In "Hurricane Season," what motivates Hugh to lock Gretchen and Sedaris out of the house?

3. In the opening of "Fresh-Caught Haddock," whose death does Sedaris mention?

4. According to "Lady Marmalade," what was unusual about the way Lou usually dressed at home?

5. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," what reason does Lou give for the priest disliking him?

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