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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. Sedaris' mother might be described as
(a) An inventor.
(b) Visionary.
(c) A theorist.
(d) Pragmatic.
2. What prompts Lou Sedaris to enroll his children in music lessons?
(a) He attends a concert for the Von Trapp Family Singers.
(b) He attends a jazz festival with his children.
(c) He attends a concert for Dave Brubeck and his sons.
(d) His attends a rock concert with his children.
3. Why is Sedaris offered a job teaching a writing workshop?
(a) He has been published several times.
(b) He is friends with the department chair.
(c) He has teaching experience.
(d) The scheduled professor quit at the last moment.
4. Richie had been in prison for
(a) Killing his younger brother.
(b) Refusing to pay taxes.
(c) Burning his sister to death.
(d) Burning his sister's boyfriend to death.
5. Sedaris questions
(a) His own need for cleanliness.
(b) Others inability to feel shame.
(c) His own inability to leave the toilet unflushed, thereby assuming the guilt.
(d) His own inability to go to the bathroom comfortably in public
Short Answer Questions
1. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by
2. In the end, Sedaris decides
3. The irony of the fisherman's position is that
4. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?
5. The name "Rooster" came from
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the young Sedaris miss the irony of the fisherman's inability to live by the seashore?
2. Why does Sedaris claim to prefer the belief that his television is inhabited by tiny humans over a scientific explanation of its workings?
3. What does Sedaris find unusual about the way the food in his neighborhood restaurants is served on the plate.
4. What is significant about the title Go Carolina?
5. Why does Sedaris feel his father admired jazz so much as a young man?
6. Why does Sedaris believe there are no "normal" restaurants left in his neighborhood?
7. Describe Bonnie's character in City of Angels.
8. Why does Sedaris claim he lives in constant fear as Mr. Sedaris?
9. When does Sedaris come to understand his parents' experience with dying pets?
10. What features of the the typewriter does Sedaris praise?
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