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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris' interest in science extended only to
(a) Fixing his record player and exploring marine life.
(b) Performing surgery on his pets.
(c) Getting his pets drunk and thawing them out again.
(d) Freezing animals and fixing his record player.

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

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

4. Sedaris recalls that his mother explained
(a) That everyone had bowel movements, but that we should not admit to them.
(b) That one should never make a bowel movement at another's home.
(c) That everyone had bowel movements, so he should not be ashamed about them.
(d) That one should never leave a toilet unflushed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as

2. Sedaris' mother might be described as

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

4. Two extreme facets of Paul's personality are

5. Sedaris questions

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