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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. According to Sedaris, speaking Easy French means
(a) Using only nouns.
(b) Speaking only conversational French.
(c) Memorizing phrases from a guidebook.
(d) Screaming English at the top of your lungs.

2. The toughest trip Sedaris can remember enduring as a child involved
(a) Taking part in the sack race at the IBM picnic.
(b) Having to hide in the back of a jeep while soldiers pursued him.
(c) Taking care of his grandmother who had Alzheimer's.
(d) Living with a family who did not remember his birthday.

3. Sedaris confesses his desire to perform what songs before an audience?
(a) Commercial jingles.
(b) Jazz classics.
(c) Pop songs.
(d) Blues classics.

4. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by
(a) Creating an assignment in which students wrote their own soap operas.
(b) Arguing that soap operas were an eduring fom of writing.
(c) Creating a writing assignment in which students predicted upcoming events.
(d) Arguing that soap operas taught attention to character.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose childhood stories does Sedaris borrow for this essay?

2. The celebrity Sedaris' barber is fascinated by is

3. By way of explanation, Amy Sedaris explains her "bruises" and "sores" by saying

4. Amy Sedaris is fond of

5. Where music is concerned, Sedaris' father could be described as a

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