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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Today's Special.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Before Paul's personality fully emerged, his parents tried to interest him in
(a) Girls and dating.
(b) Math and science.
(c) Music and sports.
(d) Writing and painting.

2. Sedaris questions
(a) Others inability to feel shame.
(b) His own inability to go to the bathroom comfortably in public
(c) His own inability to leave the toilet unflushed, thereby assuming the guilt.
(d) His own need for cleanliness.

3. In the end, Sedaris decides
(a) He will tell the other guests the truth about his experience.
(b) He does not feel threatened by others' opinions of him.
(c) He will try to figure out the culprit when he returns to dinner.
(d) He can not do anything about the situation.

4. After his gourmet meal, Sedaris elects to
(a) Grab a hot dog on the way to the movies.
(b) Eat a plate of nachos at the movies.
(c) Grab a burger at a fast-food place.
(d) Eat a huge bucket of popcorn at the movies.

5. Valencia is
(a) A starving artist who spends like she is wealthy.
(b) An exemplary boss for Sedaris.
(c) A woman who relies on her looks for everything.
(d) Wealthy, but lives like a starving artist.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris suggests his brother is radically different from his other siblings because

2. The dog Mr. and Mrs. Sedaris coddled as empty-nesters was

3. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by

4. Sedaris first compares his speech therapist to

5. Why is Sedaris offered a job teaching a writing workshop?

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