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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 3: "Unbuttoned" through "To Serbia with Love".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Blue Mountain School District give its students to fight off an armed gunman?
(a) Rocks.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Whistles.
(d) Paint guns.

2. What is Hugh and Sedaris's house on Emerald Isle called?
(a) Afterdune Delight.
(b) XtaSea.
(c) Tip Sea.
(d) Sea Section.

3. In "Unbuttoned," what item of Sedaris's does he find in his father's room at Springmoor?
(a) His childhood guitar.
(b) A picture he painted in high school.
(c) A photo album.
(d) His latest book of essays.

4. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what does Sedaris say causes the resiliency of people in their early twenties?
(a) Inexperience.
(b) Idealism.
(c) Physical attractiveness.
(d) Good health.

5. In "Themes and Variations," what location does Sedaris immediately think of when he is looking for a place to give away the first $50?
(a) A public park.
(b) McDonald's.
(c) The bus station.
(d) Subway.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Hurricane Season," what do Hugh and Sedaris discover about Sea Section's second-floor ceilings?

2. In "Themes and Variations," what singer does Sedaris tell a joke about?

3. In "To Serbia with Love," what does Sedaris learn "Belgrade" means?

4. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what is Sedaris's purpose in mentioning Gretchen's program of study and Amy's work at Second City?

5. When Sedaris and his sister go to the gun range, what does he learn about for the first time?

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