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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Picka Pocketoni.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Sedaris' father asks him if he knows
(a) How many fish there are in the ocean.
(b) How many grains of sand there are in the world.
(c) Why the fishermen are so tan.
(d) If he is aware of the dangers of sun-tanning.

3. Bonnie is most interested in
(a) Following Sedaris' agenda.
(b) Learning about local culture.
(c) Staying inside to avoid New Yorkers.
(d) Visiting tourist traps.

4. Sedaris finds the assignation of gender difficult because
(a) It is so similiar in the English language.
(b) It seems random to him.
(c) It seems like he is using too many words.
(d) It seems vulgar to him.

5. Sedaris' mother connects most closely with
(a) Her cats.
(b) The collies' puppies.
(c) Madchen 1.
(d) The collies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Lou Sedaris excited about at the start of the essay?

2. What is the most difficult part of learning French for Sedaris?

3. Where music is concerned, Sedaris' father could be described as a

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

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

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