Me Talk Pretty One Day Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

Me Talk Pretty One Day Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 152 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What adds to Sedaris' tension while he is in the bathroom?
(a) He needs to use the toilet himself.
(b) His friend keeps knocking on the door to hurry him up.
(c) He can hear the others beginning to talk about him outside.
(d) His friend keeps asking him what he is doing in there.

2. The question "Which do you like better, State or Carolina?" refers to
(a) Two different titles for one football team.
(b) University football teams.
(c) Two local towns.
(d) Contenders for the Superbowl title.

3. Bonnie is most interested in
(a) Learning about local culture.
(b) Visiting tourist traps.
(c) Staying inside to avoid New Yorkers.
(d) Following Sedaris' agenda.

4. Sedaris feels out of place in the restaurant because
(a) He cannot understand the menu.
(b) He is on his first date with Hugh.
(c) He does not like any of the food.
(d) He has to borrow a jacket from the maitre d'.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Sedaris' father asks him if he knows

2. Sedaris suggests his brother is radically different from his other siblings because

3. One aspect of the food that disturbs Sedaris is

4. Sedaris discussed his speech therapy sessions

5. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are

Short Essay Questions

1. What reasons does Sedaris list for hating computers?

2. What are the main differences between Sedaris and his father outlined in the chapter?

3. How does Sedaris' mother respond to the music lessons the kids are taking?

4. Why does Sedaris believe there are no "normal" restaurants left in his neighborhood?

5. Why does Sedaris resist learning to play the guitar?

6. Why does Sedaris seem to object so strongly to his speech therapy sessions?

7. Why does Sedaris claim to prefer the belief that his television is inhabited by tiny humans over a scientific explanation of its workings?

8. What attributes of Paul's relationship with his father seem to balance out his directness and crude behavior?

9. Why does Sedaris feel the need to offer a comment to the final performance artist he mentions in the essay before he leaves?

10. What is ironic about the fact that Bonnie at last finds some "nice New Yorkers" at the Plaza Hotel?

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