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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 is the name of the nursing home that Lou moves into?
(a) Hillcrest.
(b) Oakpointe.
(c) Springmoor.
(d) Mayview.

2. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," what is the subject of the Delacroix painting that hangs over Lou's bed?
(a) Women cutting wheat.
(b) A Paris street scene.
(c) A field of sunflowers.
(d) A Spanish bullfight.

3. In "Lady Marmalade," what does Sedaris say about Lou's physical aggression towards him and his siblings?
(a) Lou's aggression was mostly verbal and very seldom physical.
(b) Physical abuse is wrong, regardless of the context.
(c) It scarred each of the siblings in different ways.
(d) Sedaris would want to be allowed to act the same way toward his own children.

4. 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) Freedom.
(d) Hope.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Fresh-Caught Haddock," what does Sedaris imply is true about attempts to point out various forms of racism in America?

2. In "Fresh-Caught Haddock," what concern does Sedaris express about the looting in New York?

3. On page 247 of "Lucky-Go-Happy," what space does Sedaris say he thinks of as his "office"?

4. In "To Serbia with Love," what nationality is Milos?

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

(see the answer key)

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