View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris is surprised to learn that in France,
(a) Halloween is a purely religious holiday.
(b) Thanksgiving Day revolves around a pumpkin.
(c) Easter chocolate is delivered by a giant bell.
(d) Christmas is celebrated in January.

2. The sign Sedaris would post on the Speech Therapist's door would read
(a) Janitor's Closet.
(b) Speech Therapy Lab.
(c) Future Homosexuals of America.
(d) Future Sports Enthusiasts of America.

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

4. What skill does Sedaris admire in his mother that eludes him?
(a) She can tan the backs of her ears and her palms.
(b) She can smoke an entire cigarette without taking it out of her mouth.
(c) She can explain how a radio works.
(d) She can solve his father's equations.

5. What adds to Sedaris' tension while he is in the bathroom?
(a) His friend keeps knocking on the door to hurry him up.
(b) His friend keeps asking him what he is doing in there.
(c) He can hear the others beginning to talk about him outside.
(d) He needs to use the toilet himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris' father asks him if he knows

2. One reason Sedaris resists the computer is

3. Sedaris suggests his brother is radically different from his other siblings because

4. Bonnie is most interested in

5. Sedaris discussed his speech therapy sessions

(see the answer key)

This section contains 368 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample