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

3. Sedaris' interest in science extended only to
(a) Freezing animals and fixing his record player.
(b) Performing surgery on his pets.
(c) Getting his pets drunk and thawing them out again.
(d) Fixing his record player and exploring marine life.

4. In the bathroom, the major problem Sedaris faces is
(a) His proximity to the dinner party outside the window.
(b) An unflushed toilet.
(c) A broken sink.
(d) His fears about other people's germs.

5. During their last meeting together, Sedaris learns that Miss Sampson
(a) Is aware of his homosexuality.
(b) Is leaving to work at another school.
(c) Has quit her job because she feels like a failure.
(d) Has been fired because she could not help the students.

6. The title Sedaris tried to win for sun-bathing was
(a) Miss Sunscreen.
(b) Miss Skin Cancer.
(c) Miss Sunburn.
(d) Miss Emollient.

7. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because
(a) It does not take the same kind of effort to achieve.
(b) It looks hard and leathery.
(c) It has been ruined by saltwater.
(d) It looks fake.

8. Sedaris' enjoyment of the ocean was ruined by
(a) His interest in sun-bathing.
(b) His father's explanation of the tides.
(c) His experiences swimming in it.
(d) His mother's comparing it to a saltwater toilet.

9. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father
(a) Communicate so well.
(b) Avoid one another.
(c) Have learned to endure one another.
(d) Continue to live under the same roof.

10. The name "Rooster" came from
(a) Paul's business.
(b) Paul himself.
(c) Paul's father.
(d) Paul's mother.

11. In the end, Sedaris' authority is undermined when
(a) He refuses to answer a student's question about his salary.
(b) He allows a student to teach the class.
(c) He admits that he has never been published.
(d) He admits how much money he is paid to teach the class

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

13. Despite his experiences, Sedaris still finds the view of Manhattan and the fantasy of wealth
(a) Illusory.
(b) Inspiring.
(c) Contemptible.
(d) Confining.

14. Paul's relationship with his father might be described as
(a) Blunt and hurtful.
(b) Honest and direct.
(c) Callous and indifferent.
(d) Coddling and protective.

15. What Sedaris admires in his sister Gretchen is
(a) Her admission to art school.
(b) Her indifference to art.
(c) Her own personality.
(d) Her talent as a sculptor.