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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Based Upon a True Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Jocelyn Dunbar refers to her family's tragedy as what in the first paragraph of "Season's Greetings to Our Friends and Family!!!"?
(a) Disappointments.
(b) Setbacks.
(c) Inconveniences.
(d) Hassles.

2. Lisa agrees to give Sedaris unlimited use of her ________ to get him to go somewhere with her on birthday.
(a) Hair-dryer.
(b) Computer.
(c) Car.
(d) Phone.

3. What item of Dinah's do the Sedaris girls try on?
(a) Mink coat.
(b) False eyelashes.
(c) Rings.
(d) Rabbit coat.

4. At Sedaris's cafeteria, the customer is always ________.
(a) Royalty.
(b) Happy.
(c) King.
(d) Right.

5. In "Dinah, the Christmas Whore" Sedaris compares mall shoppers to what?
(a) Cows.
(b) Sheep.
(c) Drones.
(d) Zombies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What birthday is Lisa celebrating when she gets a mysterious phone call during dinner?

2. What city do David and Lisa Sedaris live in?

3. What is the nickname Cliff Dunbar gives to his grandson?

4. What does Jim Timothy use as an example of waiting for a good offer?

5. What does the mother who performed surgery on her own son say saved him in "Based Upon a True Story"?

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