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

2. Sedaris suggests his brother is radically different from his other siblings because
(a) He is the oldest, and therefore the most conservative.
(b) He is more refined than they are.
(c) He is a North Carolina native with gentlemanly Southern values.
(d) He is much younger, and a North Carolina native.

3. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by
(a) His father's explanation of the tides.
(b) His interest in sun-bathing.
(c) His mother's comparing it to a saltwater toilet.
(d) His experiences swimming in it.

4. When Mancini insists he name his guitar, Sedaris names his "Joan," after
(a) His sister.
(b) His cousin.
(c) His friend.
(d) His mother.

5. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?
(a) They are interested in the number of grains of sand per acre.
(b) They want to know how much their property would have been worth today.
(c) They want to know if he is interested in buying property.
(d) They want to know why he is drawing in the sand.

Short Answer Questions

1. The irony of the fisherman's position is that

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

3. Sedaris and his father seem to

4. The title The Youth In Asia applies to

5. What skill does Sedaris admire in his mother that eludes him?

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