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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Me Talk Pretty One Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Valencia is
(a) A starving artist who spends like she is wealthy.
(b) A woman who relies on her looks for everything.
(c) Wealthy, but lives like a starving artist.
(d) An exemplary boss for Sedaris.

2. What skill does Sedaris admire in his mother that eludes him?
(a) She can tan the backs of her ears and her palms.
(b) She can explain how a radio works.
(c) She can smoke an entire cigarette without taking it out of her mouth.
(d) She can solve his father's equations.

3. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with
(a) Scientific questions.
(b) The Miss Emollient Pageant.
(c) The price of beachfront property.
(d) His fear of the ocean.

4. Sedaris' interest in science extended only to
(a) Freezing animals and fixing his record player.
(b) Performing surgery on his pets.
(c) Fixing his record player and exploring marine life.
(d) Getting his pets drunk and thawing them out again.

5. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?
(a) They want to know if he is interested in buying property.
(b) They want to know how much their property would have been worth today.
(c) They want to know why he is drawing in the sand.
(d) They are interested in the number of grains of sand per acre.

Short Answer Questions

1. The irony of the fisherman's position is that

2. The dog Mr. and Mrs. Sedaris coddled as empty-nesters was

3. Despite his experiences, Sedaris still finds the view of Manhattan and the fantasy of wealth

4. Lou Sedaris said his daughters would thank him for

5. During his experience as a mover, Sedaris begins to change because

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