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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Big Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to
(a) Men and sex.
(b) Jazz musicians.
(c) Women and sex.
(d) Popular songs Sedaris does not know.

2. Sedaris and his father seem to
(a) Try to make each other unhappy.
(b) Be angry at each other most of the time.
(c) Have few common interests.
(d) Have an unusually close realtionship

3. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?
(a) Piano.
(b) Guitar.
(c) Flute.
(d) Trumpet.

4. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father
(a) Communicate so well.
(b) Continue to live under the same roof.
(c) Avoid one another.
(d) Have learned to endure one another.

5. Sedaris finally recognizes Mr. Mancini as a fellow outsider when
(a) He sees Mancini shopping in the boys' department for clothes.
(b) He sees Mancini getting harrassed at the mall.
(c) He recognizes that Mancini is unhappy in his work.
(d) He recognizes that Mancini does not have any talent.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Mancini insists he name his guitar, Sedaris names his "Joan," after

2. Lou Sedaris busies himself

3. The title Sedaris tried to win for sun-bathing was

4. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?

5. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by

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