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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Harrison and Austen prefer to spend their time doing?
(a) Watching cartoons on television.
(b) Watching TikTok and YouTube videos.
(c) Playing Nintendo Switch games.
(d) Scrolling through social media.

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

3. In "Hurricane Season," what objection do Sedaris and his sister have to the name Hugh has chosen for the rental house?
(a) They do not really understand it.
(b) It is boring.
(c) It is offensive.
(d) A nearby house has the same name.

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

5. In the beginning of "Unbuttoned," what has put Lou in the hospital?
(a) Bladder cancer.
(b) Congestive heart failure.
(c) A series of strokes.
(d) Liver failure.

6. In "To Serbia with Love," what irritates Sedaris about his driver in Lisbon?
(a) He refuses to keep his eyes on the road when he is talking.
(b) His lack of map reading skills gets them lost several times.
(c) He keeps stopping to describe historical and cultural attractions.
(d) His English is too fractured to understand.

7. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what do the joke about the police stopping a car and the farcical benefit Sedaris promises for participating in his charity event have in common?
(a) Both involve religious persecution.
(b) Both involve violence against minorities.
(c) Both involve common stereotypes about women.
(d) Both involve non-consensual sexual contact.

8. In "Unbuttoned," what word does Sedaris point out is one that Lou habitually uses to describe others?
(a) Bum.
(b) Weakling.
(c) Freak.
(d) Weasel.

9. In "To Serbia with Love," what do the problems Sedaris lists with potential travel companions have in common?
(a) They involve sacrificing convenience for a cheaper price.
(b) They involve choosing active experiences with nature over cultural engagement.
(c) They involve overscheduling time at the expense of real relaxation.
(d) They involve choosing variety over depth of experience.

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

11. In "To Serbia with Love," what smell does Sedaris complain is omnipresent during his travels in Eastern Europe?
(a) Burning coal.
(b) Cigarette smoke.
(c) Animal manure.
(d) Garbage.

12. In "Bruised," about how many people live in the village where the farmhouse is located?
(a) 1,500.
(b) 15,000.
(c) 500.
(d) 50.

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

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

15. In "Highfalutin," whose poor behavior with service staff does Sedaris say inspired him to be extra warm and friendly?
(a) Lou's.
(b) Amy's.
(c) Sharon's.
(d) Hugh's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the nursing home that Lou moves into?

2. In "To Serbia with Love," during what time of year do Sedaris and Patsy travel together?

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

4. In "Hurricane Season," what comment does Sedaris make about the names of hurricanes?

5. In "Hurricane Season," how does Sedaris characterize the difference between his own anger and Hugh's?

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