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

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

3. Where is the farmhouse that Hugh owns in "Bruised"?
(a) Sussex.
(b) North Carolina.
(c) Chartres.
(d) Normandy.

4. In "Highfalutin," what does Sedaris ultimately decide his idea of perfect happiness is?
(a) Sitting on the deck of Sea Section with Hugh, watching the ocean.
(b) Taking a long bath at a great hotel before giving a reading.
(c) Eating ice cream while watching a documentary about Jim Jones.
(d) Shopping and laughing with his sister Amy.

5. 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) A nearby house has the same name.
(c) It is offensive.
(d) It is boring.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Highfalutin," what does Sedaris say is the "saddest development in New York" in the last few decades (82)?

2. In "Themes and Variations," what two topics does Sedaris note seem to overlap in many jokes?

3. In "Father Time," what does Sedaris say he was primarily interested in when he was Austen's and Harrison's age?

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

5. In what state are Sedaris and his sister in "Active Shooter"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In "Active Shooter," how does Lisa explain to the instructor and to Sedaris her desire to take a gun-safety course?

4. 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?

5. In "To Serbia with Love," how does Sedaris describe the flea markets that he and Patsy visit in Eastern Europe?

6. In "Unbuttoned," how does Sedaris contrast his feelings about his own medical procedure with his father's behavior?

7. In "Father Time," what does Sedaris tell Harrison and Austen about whom they should try to be more like, and why?

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

9. In "Themes and Variations," what experience does Sedaris say shaped his desire to interact warmly with his fans?

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

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