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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' attempt to recruit his guitar teacher for his jingle-singing act results in
(a) Understanding.
(b) Rejection.
(c) Comaraderie.
(d) Acceptance.

2. Sedaris first compares his speech therapist to
(a) A supermodel.
(b) A football player.
(c) The devil.
(d) A government agent.

3. Sedaris believed he was living art because
(a) He was on drugs and deluded by his own sense of self-importance.
(b) He was finally off drugs and moving past performance art.
(c) He allowed a friend to shoot him in the shoulder.
(d) He sold silk sceens of footprints.

4. Sedaris decides to make his students more comfortable by
(a) Allowing them to smoke in class.
(b) Letting them design the class activities.
(c) Sharing his private life with them.
(d) Allowing them to drink in class.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of the essay, Miss Sampson tricks Sedaris by

2. Sedaris describes his guitar teacher as

3. What finally convinces Sedaris that the computer might be interesting or enjoyable?

4. What is Lou Sedaris excited about at the start of the essay?

5. Instead of the performance piece in the twelfth "moment," Sedaris seems to admire

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Sedaris believe his his parents are so lenient with Melina, the Great Dane?

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

4. What is significant about the title Go Carolina?

5. How are Valencia and Patrick different?

6. Why does Sedaris feel his father admired jazz so much as a young man?

7. What does Amy Sedaris do to torture her father over Christmas vacation?

8. Describe Sedaris' tone in relation to his own artistic talents.

9. Why does Sedaris suggest Miss Sampson's "timing was off" when she reveals her human side during their last session?

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

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