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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Learning Curve.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sedaris wonders at the way Paul and his father
(a) Avoid one another.
(b) Continue to live under the same roof.
(c) Communicate so well.
(d) Have learned to endure one another.

2. In the end, Sedaris' authority is undermined when
(a) He admits that he has never been published.
(b) He allows a student to teach the class.
(c) He refuses to answer a student's question about his salary.
(d) He admits how much money he is paid to teach the class

3. The question "Which do you like better, State or Carolina?" refers to
(a) Two different titles for one football team.
(b) Contenders for the Superbowl title.
(c) University football teams.
(d) Two local towns.

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

5. Sedaris discovers that most of the boys in speech therapy are
(a) Unlike himself.
(b) Unable to pronounce consonants correctly.
(c) Popular and smart.
(d) Unpopular and uninterested in sports.

Short Answer Questions

1. The title Sedaris tried to win for sun-bathing was

2. While Sedaris has been preoccupied with tanning, his father has been preoccupied with

3. Why are the fishermen interested in Lou Sedaris' equation?

4. Sedaris and his father seem to

5. Sedaris' first artistic success takes the form of

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