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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What prompts Sedaris to find a job in New York?
(a) He is ashamed of his poverty.
(b) His father disapproves of his lifestyle.
(c) He is planning to buy a townhouse.
(d) He cannot live on his savings alone in New York.

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

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

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

5. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because
(a) It looks hard and leathery.
(b) It has been ruined by saltwater.
(c) It does not take the same kind of effort to achieve.
(d) It looks fake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Sedaris decides to try a crossword puzzle when

3. The crossword puzzles grow harder as

4. Amy Sedaris sends her brother

5. When Mancini insists he name his guitar, Sedaris names his "Joan," after

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