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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris initially offends the American couple by
(a) Refusing to acknowlege their questions.
(b) Admitting that he speaks English.
(c) Grabbing on to a support pole they are clinging to.
(d) Crowding the couple with his body.

2. At the Festival of Saint Anne, Sedaris is offered the chance to
(a) Watch someone get injured by the vachettes.
(b) Watch Saint Anne play soccer against the vachettes.
(c) Save his admission fee by agreeing to enter the ring with the vachettes.
(d) Save his admission fee by agreeing to repair a carnival ride.

3. Sedaris claims that if he wanted to hear wall-to-wall French
(a) He would buy more French books on tape.
(b) He would go back to French class.
(c) He would simply participate in real life.
(d) He would move back to Normandy.

4. Sedaris claims he sees so many movies because
(a) He is too lazy to do anything else.
(b) He has no interest in other attractions.
(c) He has not seen most of these films in America.
(d) He is too intimidated by the French to do anything else.

5. Sedaris insists that Hugh take the IQ test with him
(a) So that he can prove he is smarter than Hugh.
(b) So that he can compare his score to someone else's.
(c) So that he can prove he is a genius to his father.
(d) So that Hugh can translate the test into English for him.

6. Hugh claims Sedaris is a genius at
(a) Vacuuming and drinking.
(b) Shopping and naming stuffed animals.
(c) Vacuuming and naming stuffed animals.
(d) Shopping and learning French.

7. Amy Sedaris sends her brother
(a) A complete French dictionary.
(b) An audio walking tour of Paris.
(c) An audio history of medicine in French.
(d) An audio walking tour of Notre Dame.

8. Sedaris does not usually socialize with the members of his French class because
(a) He feels too ashamed of his minimal French.
(b) He feels too awkward about being an American.
(c) He feels awkward about his celebrity.
(d) He feels too old and worn out.

9. 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.

10. Sedaris deals with his new fear of speaking French by
(a) Speaking only Enlish.
(b) Pretending to be deaf.
(c) Writing down all his comments.
(d) Forcing himself to join in conversations.

11. What holiday does Sedaris find himself explaining to a Moroccan woman in his French class?
(a) Easter.
(b) Christmas.
(c) Halloween.
(d) Thanksgiving.

12. In the Mr. Science fantasy, Sedaris
(a) is a gynecologist.
(b) is given the Nobel prize for literature.
(c) decides to let illnesses take their natural course.
(d) Is able to cure AIDS, cancer, and the appearance of old age.

13. Some of the themes Sedaris finds common in his fantasies are
(a) The ability to control others and be uncontrollable himself.
(b) Good looks and the ability to control others.
(c) The ability to foresee the future, and the ability to correct others' mistakes.
(d) Good looks and an interest in the good of all others.

14. What does Sedaris admit to feeling for America?
(a) Pride.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Anger.
(d) Contempt.

15. Sedaris does poorly on the IQ test because
(a) He is distracted by the teacher.
(b) He does not know the answers to the questions.
(c) The testing room was too hot.
(d) He does not understand the questions in French.

Short Answer Questions

1. The toughest trip Sedaris can remember enduring as a child involved

2. Tea keeps Sedaris awake because

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

4. Why does Sedaris feel ashamed about his inability to speak proper French?

5. One glaring difference Sedaris notices between watching movies in the U.S and watching them in Paris is

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