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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. What does the Bushmaster ad that Sedaris sees explicitly associate guns with?
(a) Masculinity.
(b) Romance.
(c) Safety.
(d) Freedom.

2. In "Father Time," what does Sedaris say was the hardest part of Lou's hospitalization for the siblings?
(a) Seeing their father's confusion.
(b) Seeing their father in pain.
(c) Making time to be at the hospital.
(d) Paying the hospital bills.

3. In "Smile, Beautiful," what nation does Sedaris specifically mention as having more relaxed dental standards than the United States?
(a) Japan.
(b) Australia.
(c) England.
(d) France.

4. In "A Better Place," what is Sedaris implying when he comments about the long lives of Dick Cheney, Henry Kissinger, and Rupert Murdoch?
(a) They have worked hard.
(b) They are wealthy.
(c) They are bad people.
(d) They are very religious.

5. In "The Vacuum," which standing appointment is Amy reluctant to move online?
(a) Pilates instruction.
(b) Massage.
(c) Therapy.
(d) Acupuncture.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Themes and Variations," which person that he encounters during his tour does Sedaris say might be the only one who really "sees" him?

2. In "Themes and Variations," what is Sedaris's tone as he discusses the excuses men give when they arrive in the ER with objects lodged in their rectums?

3. In "Pussytoes," where do the siblings stay together on the night before Lou's funeral?

4. In "Bruised," what word does Sedaris use to describe Hugh's farmhouse?

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

(see the answer key)

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