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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with
(a) The price of beachfront property.
(b) The Miss Emollient Pageant.
(c) Scientific questions.
(d) His fear of the ocean.

2. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because
(a) Fatty always rejects Skinny in the end.
(b) Skinny is unable to meet Fatty's demands, and ends up friendless.
(c) Fatty is unable to meet Skinny's demands and loses his friendship.
(d) Skinny always demands money from Fatty.

3. Paul's relationship with his father might be described as
(a) Coddling and protective.
(b) Callous and indifferent.
(c) Honest and direct.
(d) Blunt and hurtful.

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

5. Sedaris fears his father is not up to the task of caring for his new dog, Sophie, because
(a) He is older now, and she is young and strong.
(b) He is not as attentive to pets as he used to be.
(c) She is violent and does not obey him.
(d) He is older now, and she is old and dying.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?

3. The scientific term Sedaris fears his father will use is

4. What adds to Sedaris' tension while he is in the bathroom?

5. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?

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