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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Based Upon a True Story.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kevin Dunbar majoring in at college?
(a) Chemical engineering.
(b) Pre-med.
(c) Vietnamese history.
(d) Pre-Law.

2. Sedaris's father believes jobs ________.
(a) Improve integrity.
(b) Build bank accounts.
(c) Build character.
(d) Interfere with homework.

3. Thaddeus Bristol says bad theater was used as torture before the invention of the _____.
(a) Stretching rack.
(b) Thumb screw.
(c) Electric shock.
(d) Sleep deprivation.

4. Sedaris compares Sallie Mae to a __________.
(a) Beast.
(b) Hillbilly.
(c) Sexy lady.
(d) Grandmother.

5. In "Socrates and Company," Sedaris would travel the world with a _________.
(a) Cat.
(b) Monkey.
(c) Dog.
(d) Entourage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Jim Timothy describes the congregation as ___________.

2. One of the actors in "A Christmas Carol" had just lost his foot to what?

3. Sedaris discovers while working at the cafeteria that most people are what?

4. What is the name of the cafeteria where Lisa Sedaris gets a job?

5. How long after the miraculous surgery in "Based Upon a True Story" does the boy die?

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