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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Front Row Center with Thaddeus Bristol.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where is the first school performance that Thaddeus Bristol critiques?
(a) St. Elmo Elementary.
(b) St. Clare Elementary.
(c) Scottsfield Elementary.
(d) Sacred Heart Elementary.

2. What is Sedaris's reaction to seeing the SantaLand ad?
(a) Laughter.
(b) Tears.
(c) Frustration.
(d) Hope.

3. What does Thaddeus Bristol compare children's Christmas pageants to at the beginning of his story?
(a) Crime.
(b) Coronary.
(c) Cancer.
(d) Candy.

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

5. Tiny Tim's performance rivals the ________ for brightness.
(a) Moonlight.
(b) Exit sign.
(c) Spotlight.
(d) Street light.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Lisa take the phone to have a private conversation?

2. What does each performance receive from the audience, according to Thaddeus Bristol?

3. Where is Khe Sahn from?

4. What odor does Thaddeus Bristol complain about at the first school performance?

5. Thaddeus Bristol calls the costumes in "A Christmas Carol" __________.

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