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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 2: "A Speech to the Graduates" through "Highfalutin".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Highfalutin," what is Sedaris insulted at being mistaken for?
(a) A dentist.
(b) An architect.
(c) A sales clerk.
(d) A real estate agent.

2. How is the term "highfalutin" introduced into the essay "Highfalutin"?
(a) Sedaris claims that this is what Hugh first wanted to call the Pink House.
(b) This is what Sedaris and his sister Amy called their play production company.
(c) Sedaris suggests it as a name for a medication.
(d) Tiffany calls Amy and Sedaris this when they are shopping together.

3. What does Lisa think she knows more about than other people?
(a) How to run a classroom.
(b) How to care for animals.
(c) How to drive a car.
(d) How to defend herself.

4. In "Father Time," what does Sedaris say he was primarily interested in when he was Austen's and Harrison's age?
(a) Nature.
(b) Sports.
(c) Puzzles.
(d) Reading.

5. In "Bruised," what word does Sedaris use to describe Hugh's farmhouse?
(a) Hovel.
(b) Kennel.
(c) Shack.
(d) Stable.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Highfalutin," what feature that he and Amy share embarrasses Sedaris at lunch?

2. In "Hurricane Season," how does Sedaris characterize the difference between his own anger and Hugh's?

3. What does the Bushmaster ad that Sedaris sees explicitly associate guns with?

4. Where is the farmhouse that Hugh owns in "Bruised"?

5. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what advice is Sedaris defending with his example of a grandmother who gives a grandchild a graduation gift?

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