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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. Where did Sedaris once unexpectedly find a gun?
(a) Under a bed.
(b) In a desk drawer.
(c) In a pantry.
(d) In a medicine cabinet.

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

3. In "To Serbia with Love," what is one of the main things that Sedaris explicitly says Westerners have that people from Eastern Europe lack?
(a) Wealth.
(b) Security.
(c) Hope.
(d) Freedom.

4. In "Themes and Variations," what two topics does Sedaris note seem to overlap in many jokes?
(a) Sex and misogyny.
(b) Misogyny and politics.
(c) Politics and religion.
(d) Religion and sex.

5. In what state are Sedaris and his sister in "Active Shooter"?
(a) Connecticut.
(b) Florida.
(c) Virginia.
(d) North Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Unbuttoned," what question does Lou ask his children?

2. Where were Sedaris's friends living when the man drove a vehicle into their home?

3. In "Unbuttoned," what item of Sedaris's does he find in his father's room at Springmoor?

4. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what advice is Sedaris defending with his example of a grandmother who gives a grandchild a graduation gift?

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

(see the answer key)

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