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

2. Sedaris first compares his speech therapist to
(a) A supermodel.
(b) A football player.
(c) A government agent.
(d) The devil.

3. Sedaris' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in
(a) Comaraderie.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Acceptance.
(d) Rejection.

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

5. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as
(a) A dwarf.
(b) A midget.
(c) An expert.
(d) Short.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are

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

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

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

5. Sedaris resents his father's approach toward art because

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