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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Lou Sedaris busies himself
(a) Chatting with fishermen.
(b) Smoking.
(c) Working equations in the sand.
(d) Tanning.

2. Sedaris' first artistic success takes the form of
(a) A nest of human hair.
(b) A frying pan full of toy soldiers.
(c) Toe nail clippings.
(d) Two wooden crates filled with garbage.

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

4. Where music is concerned, Sedaris' father could be described as a
(a) Skeptic.
(b) Dreamer.
(c) Realist.
(d) Professional.

5. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are
(a) Unable to pronounce consonants correctly.
(b) Unpopular and uninterested in sports.
(c) Unlike himself.
(d) Popular and smart.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who or what threatens to divide Sedaris' class?

2. Sedaris goes to work for Patrick because

3. Valencia is

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

5. The title Sedaris tried to win for sun-bathing was

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