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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Make That a Double.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with
(a) Scientific questions.
(b) The Miss Emollient Pageant.
(c) His fear of the ocean.
(d) The price of beachfront property.

3. Sedaris' mother might be described as
(a) Pragmatic.
(b) Visionary.
(c) A theorist.
(d) An inventor.

4. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?
(a) Trumpet.
(b) Piano.
(c) Guitar.
(d) Flute.

5. Sedaris and his father seem to
(a) Have an unusually close realtionship
(b) Be angry at each other most of the time.
(c) Have few common interests.
(d) Try to make each other unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in

2. At first, Sedaris resists the Walkman because

3. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by

4. Sedaris compares the typewriter's antiquity to

5. Bonnie comes to enjoy New York when

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