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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with
(a) The price of beachfront property.
(b) His fear of the ocean.
(c) Scientific questions.
(d) The Miss Emollient Pageant.

2. Miss Sampson believes Sedaris lisps because
(a) He never learned to speak correctly.
(b) He cannot hear the sound of his own voice.
(c) He wants to stand out among other students.
(d) He has a lazy tongue.

3. Facing his lack of artistic talent might mean
(a) Sobering up and moving on.
(b) Admitting his father was right.
(c) Learning a new trade.
(d) Needing more drugs.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because

2. The sign Sedaris would post on the Speech Therapist's door would read

3. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?

4. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to

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

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