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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Pledge Allegiance to the Bag.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Sedaris can no longer turn to his friends and family for help with the puzzles, he
(a) Has to buy reference books.
(b) Has to buy a French dictionary.
(c) Has to give up the puzzles for a while.
(d) Has to buy a cell phone to call them in America.

2. In this essay, Sedaris' itineraries revolve around
(a) Movie showings.
(b) Restaurants.
(c) Tourist traps.
(d) Historical sites.

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

4. Sedaris suggests his brother is radically different from his other siblings because
(a) He is a North Carolina native with gentlemanly Southern values.
(b) He is the oldest, and therefore the most conservative.
(c) He is much younger, and a North Carolina native.
(d) He is more refined than they are.

5. Rather than sports, Sedaris states that he and his fellow speech therapy students were more interested in
(a) Fighting and lifting weights.
(b) Playing video games.
(c) Studying and graduating early.
(d) Baking, making scrapbooks, and doing art projects.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Sedaris admit to feeling for America?

2. The sign Sedaris would post on the Speech Therapist's door would read

3. Sedaris' friend Alisha describes most people as

4. The crossword puzzles grow harder as

5. Sedaris believed he was living art because

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