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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Late Show.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What finally convinces Sedaris that the computer might be interesting or enjoyable?
(a) His father tells him how the Internet can connect the world.
(b) Amy shows him Internet pornography.
(c) His father convinces him that he can work much faster on a computer.
(d) Amy shows him how to use the word processor.

2. What is the most difficult part of learning French for Sedaris?
(a) Conjugating verbs.
(b) Memorizing which nouns are masculine and feminine.
(c) Memorizing plural forms of nouns.
(d) Memorizing nouns.

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

4. When Hugh's father was late picking him up from the movies, he discovered
(a) A new film about a talking Volkswagen.
(b) A man killing a pig with a shotgun.
(c) The theatre had only folding chairs and a sheet for a screen.
(d) A dead man hanging from a telephone pole.

5. Ultimately, Sedaris decides
(a) He felt no pleasure in watching the men get injured by the vachettes.
(b) He still needed a good cocktail party story.
(c) He wanted to see someone gored by the vachettes.
(d) He wanted to return to the fair to see if the blonde girl was alright.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, Sedaris decides

2. During their last meeting together, Sedaris learns that Miss Sampson

3. Sedaris has trouble sleeping since

4. Why did the class have to explain Easter to the Moroccan woman?

5. The Texans on the Metro do not make room for the growing crowd because

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