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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris discussed his speech therapy sessions
(a) Only with his father.
(b) With other speech therapy students.
(c) Only with his mother.
(d) With his sisters.

2. What Sedaris admires in his sister Gretchen is
(a) Her indifference to art.
(b) Her admission to art school.
(c) Her own personality.
(d) Her talent as a sculptor.

3. What passion does Sedaris' father attempt to share with his children?
(a) His love of guitar.
(b) His love of jazz.
(c) His love of North Carolina.
(d) His love of quartets.

4. Facing his lack of artistic talent might mean
(a) Admitting his father was right.
(b) Sobering up and moving on.
(c) Needing more drugs.
(d) Learning a new trade.

5. Sedaris' father asks him if he knows
(a) How many fish there are in the ocean.
(b) Why the fishermen are so tan.
(c) If he is aware of the dangers of sun-tanning.
(d) How many grains of sand there are in the world.

Short Answer Questions

1. During their last meeting together, Sedaris learns that Miss Sampson

2. Sedaris attempts to hide his lisp by

3. Ironically, Sedaris and his siblings mock the fisherman's tan skin because

4. Miss Sampson asks the previous question in order to

5. Sedaris and his father seem to

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