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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Something for Everyone and Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and his brother come to view their grandmother as?
(a) A clown.
(b) An ATM machine.
(c) A mummy.
(d) An embarassment.

2. How does the author's father say his friend lost a foot?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Using a saw.
(c) Driving.
(d) Getting struck by lightning.

3. Who is the first disabled student the author rooms with at Kent State?
(a) William.
(b) Dale.
(c) James.
(d) Stephen.

4. What does the narrator's mother wish to have done with her remains?
(a) Buried in a wood box.
(b) Buried in New York.
(c) Cremated.
(d) Dumped in the ocean.

5. Who curses at the author's father in "The Women's Open"?
(a) Amy.
(b) Lisa.
(c) The author.
(d) A pro golfer.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does Lisa's wedding take place?

2. How does the narrator's grandmother break her hip?

3. Where are the author and his sister sent to summer camp in "I Like Guys"?

4. What is the name of the prostitute that Lisa brings back to the Sedaris home?

5. What does David's coworker tell the woman whose apartment they're painting about David?

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