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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. 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) Paying the hospital bills.
(c) Seeing their father in pain.
(d) Making time to be at the hospital.

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

3. In "Highfalutin," what does Amy describe cutting up while under the influence of psychedelics?
(a) Clothing.
(b) Carpet.
(c) Scripts.
(d) Bills.

4. In "Hurricane Season," what do Hugh and Sedaris discover about Sea Section's second-floor ceilings?
(a) They were likely weakened by termites before the hurricane even hit.
(b) They will have to be replaced without central air ducts.
(c) Because of new building codes, they will be very expensive to replace.
(d) Rats were living in them before the hurricane.

5. In "Hurricane Season," where does Sedaris get the idea for the name he wants to call the rental house?
(a) From a movie.
(b) At the grocery store.
(c) At the hardware store.
(d) From one of his own essays.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Sedaris and his sister go to the gun range, what does he learn about for the first time?

2. In "Bruised," how old is Olivier?

3. In "Highfalutin," to what does Sedaris attribute Hugh agreeing to paint Amy's new apartment?

4. In "Highfalutin," where have Sedaris and Hugh moved just before the lunch with Amy takes place?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Bruised," what "secret" does Sedaris believe Olivier has discovered, and why does he guess that Olivier is struggling to accept his new knowledge?

2. In "Unbuttoned," what irony does Sedaris recognize when Gretchen asks him to write Lou's obituary?

3. 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?

4. 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?

5. 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?

6. Describe the condition of Lou's house when the Sedaris siblings go to start clearing it out In "Unbuttoned."

7. In "Hurricane Season," what type of art does Hugh hang in the rental house, and how does Sedaris characterize a recent tenant's reaction to this art?

8. In "To Serbia with Love," what criticism does Sedaris level against the American tourists Patsy deals with in Paris?

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

10. In "Active Shooter," what is the rhetorical purpose of the anecdote about Lisa believing a story she read in The Onion?

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