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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) Scientific questions.
(b) His fear of the ocean.
(c) The Miss Emollient Pageant.
(d) The price of beachfront property.

2. Sedaris' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in
(a) Comaraderie.
(b) Rejection.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Understanding.

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

4. Two extreme facets of Paul's personality are
(a) Drinking Mountain Dew and wearing make-up.
(b) Eating candy and refusing to work.
(c) Fighting and swearing.
(d) Studying and reading.

5. The title The Youth In Asia applies to
(a) Euthanizing pets and the Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny.
(b) Euthanizing pets and adopting new ones.
(c) Sedaris' dogs, Fatty and Skinny.
(d) Sedaris' experiences living with a pet in Japan.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Sedaris unable to ignore the problem?

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

3. Paul's relationship with his father might be described as

4. Sedaris compares his father's most recent dog, Sophie, to

5. The dog Mr. and Mrs. Sedaris coddled as empty-nesters was

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