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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The dog Mr. and Mrs. Sedaris coddled as empty-nesters was
(a) Mumbles, the teddy bear.
(b) Sadie the cat.
(c) Melina, a Great Dane.
(d) Madchen 2, the replacement German Shepard.

2. What skill does Sedaris admire in his mother that eludes him?
(a) She can explain how a radio works.
(b) She can solve his father's equations.
(c) She can smoke an entire cigarette without taking it out of her mouth.
(d) She can tan the backs of her ears and her palms.

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

4. Sedaris' interest in science extended only to
(a) Getting his pets drunk and thawing them out again.
(b) Freezing animals and fixing his record player.
(c) Performing surgery on his pets.
(d) Fixing his record player and exploring marine life.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in

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

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

4. Sedaris and his father seem to

5. In the end, Sedaris decides

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