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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. How long after the miraculous surgery in "Based Upon a True Story" does the boy die?
(a) 3 days.
(b) 5 days.
(c) 6 days.
(d) 2 days.

2. What is Jim Timothy's title?
(a) Writer.
(b) Executive Producer.
(c) Director.
(d) Studio Executive.

3. What is the name of the cafeteria where Sedaris gets a job?
(a) K & W.
(b) Piccadilly.
(c) Cambridge.
(d) Tiffany.

4. How long does it take the police to get the Dunbars home after Jocelyn calls them?
(a) 26 minutes.
(b) 25 minutes.
(c) 27 minutes.
(d) 24 minutes.

5. What is Kevin Dunbar majoring in at college?
(a) Pre-med.
(b) Vietnamese history.
(c) Pre-Law.
(d) Chemical engineering.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the mall Santa in "Dinah, the Christmas Whore"?

2. What does Sedaris decide to wear for the Christmas season he works at the cafeteria?

3. What does Jim Timothy call the people he is addressing in the church?

4. What is the name of the street the Dunbar's live on?

5. Who is the attorney of the mother her performed surgery on her own son in "Based Upon a True Story"?

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