3. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are
(a) Unlike himself.
(b) Unable to pronounce consonants correctly.
(c) Popular and smart.
(d) Unpopular and uninterested in sports.

4. Sedaris resents his father's approach toward art because
(a) He wants to be like his father, but cannot be.
(b) He knows his father's talent has not passed on to him.
(c) Art eludes both him and his father, but his father is viewed as an artist.
(d) It seems to come easily to his father, yet he does not invest in it.

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

6. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because
(a) Fatty always rejects Skinny in the end.
(b) Skinny is unable to meet Fatty's demands, and ends up friendless.
(c) Skinny always demands money from Fatty.
(d) Fatty is unable to meet Skinny's demands and loses his friendship.

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

8. The dog Mr. and Mrs. Sedaris coddled as empty-nesters was
(a) Sadie the cat.
(b) Melina, a Great Dane.
(c) Mumbles, the teddy bear.
(d) Madchen 2, the replacement German Shepard.

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

10. Mr. Mancini makes Sedaris uncomfortable by constantly referring to
(a) Jazz musicians.
(b) Popular songs Sedaris does not know.
(c) Women and sex.
(d) Men and sex.

11. Facing his lack of artistic talent might mean
(a) Admitting his father was right.
(b) Sobering up and moving on.
(c) Needing more drugs.
(d) Learning a new trade.

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

13. Sedaris' father asks him if he knows
(a) If he is aware of the dangers of sun-tanning.
(b) How many grains of sand there are in the world.
(c) How many fish there are in the ocean.
(d) Why the fishermen are so tan.

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

15. At the end of the essay, Miss Sampson tricks Sedaris by
(a) Getting him to overcome his lisp.
(b) Getting him to say "I'm sorry."
(c) Making him continue to take speech therapy.
(d) Forcing him to speak in front of the class.