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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 6: "Smile, Beautiful" through "Lucky-Go-Happy".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "A Better Place," what is Sedaris implying when he comments about the long lives of Dick Cheney, Henry Kissinger, and Rupert Murdoch?
(a) They are wealthy.
(b) They are very religious.
(c) They have worked hard.
(d) They are bad people.

2. In "Pearls," what was the subject of the Ladies' Home Journal column that Sedaris liked?
(a) Entertaining.
(b) Astrology.
(c) Travel.
(d) Relationships.

3. When Sedaris and his sister go to the gun range, what does he learn about for the first time?
(a) Gun purses.
(b) Trigger locks.
(c) Gun safes.
(d) Gun hoarders.

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

5. In "Highfalutin," whose poor behavior with service staff does Sedaris say inspired him to be extra warm and friendly?
(a) Hugh's.
(b) Amy's.
(c) Sharon's.
(d) Lou's.

Short Answer Questions

1. How is the term "highfalutin" introduced into the essay "Highfalutin"?

2. In "Themes and Variations," what is Sedaris's tone as he discusses the excuses men give when they arrive in the ER with objects lodged in their rectums?

3. In "Pearls," what does Amy's acupuncturist tell her is the source of her trauma?

4. In "Happy-Go-Lucky," what is Sedaris stunned to hear Lou admit to being wrong about?

5. In "Smile, Beautiful," what nation does Sedaris specifically mention as having more relaxed dental standards than the United States?

(see the answer key)

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