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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The name "Rooster" came from
(a) Paul himself.
(b) Paul's business.
(c) Paul's mother.
(d) Paul's father.

3. Sedaris claims he sees so many movies because
(a) He is too intimidated by the French to do anything else.
(b) He has no interest in other attractions.
(c) He is too lazy to do anything else.
(d) He has not seen most of these films in America.

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

5. 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) Skinny always demands money from Fatty.
(d) Fatty is unable to meet Skinny's demands and loses his friendship.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why is Sedaris unable to ignore the problem?

3. Why are the students in Sedaris' French class intimidated by the teacher?

4. Which of the following is not an unusual word Sedaris learned in French?

5. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?

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