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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Smile, Beautiful" through "Lucky-Go-Happy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Lucky-Go-Happy," why does the desk clerk at one hotel refuse to believe that the shirt Sedaris left behind belongs to him?
(a) Its style strikes the clerk as feminine.
(b) It is in a size much larger than Sedaris would wear.
(c) The shirt has someone else's name sewn into it.
(d) Sedaris cannot clearly describe it.

2. In "Pussytoes," what does Lou tell the president of Princeton University?
(a) Amy is a better speaker than Sedaris.
(b) There is no way Sedaris could have gotten into Princeton.
(c) Gretchen is a better artist than Sedaris.
(d) He finds it hard to believe the graduates will know who Sedaris is.

3. In "Lucky-Go-Happy," what does Sedaris find disappointing about his Zoom event?
(a) He is distracted by seeing video of himself talking.
(b) He finds the technology alienating and unreliable.
(c) He develops a migraine from focusing on the screen.
(d) He misses the live audience feedback.

4. When Sedaris and his sister go to the gun range, what does he learn about for the first time?
(a) Gun purses.
(b) Trigger locks.
(c) Gun safes.
(d) Gun hoarders.

5. In "Bruised," what does Sedaris criticize as lacking charm?
(a) Hypermarkets.
(b) The English language.
(c) Big cities.
(d) Modern highways.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fresh-Caught Haddock," why is wearing a mask at the protest a relief to Sedaris?

2. What do Harrison and Austen prefer to spend their time doing?

3. In "Highfalutin," what feature that he and Amy share embarrasses Sedaris at lunch?

4. In "To Serbia with Love," what is Patsy's job in Paris?

5. In "Smile, Beautiful," what point is Sedaris trying to convey with the example of the woman whose face was injured by an animal bite?

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