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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as
(a) A midget.
(b) Short.
(c) An expert.
(d) A dwarf.

2. Lou Sedaris busies himself
(a) Chatting with fishermen.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Tanning.
(d) Working equations in the sand.

3. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?
(a) His love of North Carolina.
(b) His love of guitar.
(c) His love of jazz.
(d) His love of quartets.

4. Why is Sedaris unable to ignore the problem?
(a) Everyone else has already tried to clean it up an failed.
(b) He is obsessive about cleanliness.
(c) Everyone else knows he has been in the bathroom.
(d) He feels guilty about leaving a mess behind for others to clean up.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because

2. Sedaris fears his father is not up to the task of caring for his new dog, Sophie, because

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

4. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with

5. Before Paul's personality fully emerged, his parents tried to interest him in

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