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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Unbuttoned," what do the Sedaris siblings see out the window at Lou's house?
(a) A lightning strike.
(b) A doe.
(c) A naked woman.
(d) A drone.

3. In "To Serbia with Love," what does Sedaris learn "Belgrade" means?
(a) City of Joy.
(b) Spring of Water.
(c) Small Castle.
(d) White City.

4. Where were Sedaris's friends living when the man drove a vehicle into their home?
(a) In a converted church.
(b) At a marina.
(c) At an airport.
(d) In a national park.

5. In "To Serbia with Love," what nationality does Sedaris say is blamed for much of the crime in Europe?
(a) Albanian.
(b) Romanian.
(c) Croatian.
(d) Greek.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "To Serbia with Love," what do the problems Sedaris lists with potential travel companions have in common?

2. In "Unbuttoned," which of Sedaris's siblings says that Lou is their best friend?

3. In the beginning of "Unbuttoned," what has put Lou in the hospital?

4. In "Highfalutin," what does Sedaris ultimately decide his idea of perfect happiness is?

5. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what is the purpose of the charity that Sedaris mentions working with?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Hurricane Season," how does Sedaris depict Hugh's attention to detail as a benefit of their relationship?

2. In "Themes and Variations," what does Sedaris discover about women, and how does he discover it?

3. In "Highfalutin," how does Sedaris describe Amy's writing and acting?

4. In "To Serbia with Love," what does Milos say was better about Yugoslavia under Tito than today's Serbia?

5. In "Father Time," how does Sedaris's description of Mayview connect the essay's motif of the inevitable march of time with his concerns about fatherhood?

6. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what anecdote does Sedaris tell about the woman at the book-signing event, and what is this anecdote's rhetorical function?

7. In "Themes and Variations," what kinds of people does Sedaris resist giving money to?

8. In "Hurricane Season," what contrast does Sedaris explore between his reception of Hugh's criticisms of his family and his family's criticisms of Hugh?

9. In "Father Time," how does Sedaris contrast his attentiveness to his father with that of his siblings?

10. In "Highfalutin," what two things does Amy do while she and Sedaris are shopping that he finds funny but also mortifying?

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