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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 5: "Happy-Go Lucky" through "Lady Marmalade".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the Blue Mountain School District give its students to fight off an armed gunman?
(a) Whistles.
(b) Pepper spray.
(c) Paint guns.
(d) Rocks.

2. In "A Better Place," what does Sedaris suggest would be true about Lou, if there were, in fact, an afterlife?
(a) Lou would be trying to boss God around.
(b) Lou would finally learn to play the guitar.
(c) Lou would still be making fun of him.
(d) Lou would be in hell.

3. In "Themes and Variations," which person that he encounters during his tour does Sedaris say might be the only one who really "sees" him?
(a) The man picking up cigarette butts to smoke.
(b) The community college student in the library.
(c) The man from the group home who takes the cigarettes he offers.
(d) The McDonald's employee at the airport.

4. In "To Serbia with Love," what is Patsy's job in Paris?
(a) Tour guide.
(b) Interior decorator.
(c) Personal shopper.
(d) Museum curator.

5. In "Fresh-Caught Haddock," what does the young woman in Union Square try to give Sedaris?
(a) A bandana.
(b) A bottle of water.
(c) A protest sign.
(d) Spray paint.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Pearls," how does Sedaris characterize the marital problems people faced in the 1970's and 1980's?

2. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," how old does Lou claim to be?

3. What is ironic about Lisa turning out to be the better shooter?

4. In "A Speech to the Graduates," what is Sedaris's purpose in mentioning the speaker at his own graduation?

5. In "To Serbia with Love," what smell does Sedaris complain is omnipresent during his travels in Eastern Europe?

(see the answer key)

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