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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?
(a) His love of North Carolina.
(b) His love of jazz.
(c) His love of quartets.
(d) His love of guitar.

2. Sedaris discussed his speech therapy sessions
(a) Only with his mother.
(b) Only with his father.
(c) With other speech therapy students.
(d) With his sisters.

3. One aspect of the food that disturbs Sedaris is
(a) That it is piled in an unrecognizable heap.
(b) That it is arranged to look like a face on his plate.
(c) That it is laid out in a horizontal line.
(d) That it is stacked vertically on his plate.

4. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father
(a) Have learned to endure one another.
(b) Continue to live under the same roof.
(c) Avoid one another.
(d) Communicate so well.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris goes to work for Patrick because

2. In the end, Sedaris' authority is undermined when

3. During their last meeting together, Sedaris learns that Miss Sampson

4. During his experience as a mover, Sedaris begins to change because

5. Sedaris believed he was living art because

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