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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through A Shiner Like a Diamond.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Miss Sampson asks the previous question in order to
(a) Get Sedaris talking so she might hear his lisp.
(b) Provoke an argument about football.
(c) Trick Sedaris into revealing his disdain for sports.
(d) Determine whether or not she will like Sedaris.

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

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

4. The name "Rooster" came from
(a) Paul's business.
(b) Paul's father.
(c) Paul's mother.
(d) Paul himself.

5. Sedaris' mother connects most closely with
(a) Her cats.
(b) The collies' puppies.
(c) Madchen 1.
(d) The collies.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because

3. What prompts Lou Sedaris to enroll his children in music lessons?

4. How does Sedaris prepare to teach his workshop?

5. Sedaris is dismayed when he visits The Plaza because

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