1. Instead of the performance piece in the twelfth "moment," Sedaris seems to admire
(a) The beauty of the ordinary world around him.
(b) The number of people attending the performance.
(c) The metaphors apparent in the performance.
(d) The courage of the performer.

2. The Japanese cartoon Fatty and Skinny makes Sedaris sad because
(a) Skinny is unable to meet Fatty's demands, and ends up friendless.
(b) Fatty always rejects Skinny in the end.
(c) Fatty is unable to meet Skinny's demands and loses his friendship.
(d) Skinny always demands money from Fatty.

3. Sedaris resents his father's approach toward art because
(a) It seems to come easily to his father, yet he does not invest in it.
(b) He wants to be like his father, but cannot be.
(c) Art eludes both him and his father, but his father is viewed as an artist.
(d) He knows his father's talent has not passed on to him.

4. What adds to Sedaris' tension while he is in the bathroom?
(a) He needs to use the toilet himself.
(b) His friend keeps knocking on the door to hurry him up.
(c) He can hear the others beginning to talk about him outside.
(d) His friend keeps asking him what he is doing in there.

5. Sedaris justifies viewing soap operas in class by
(a) Creating a writing assignment in which students predicted upcoming events.
(b) Arguing that soap operas were an eduring fom of writing.
(c) Arguing that soap operas taught attention to character.
(d) Creating an assignment in which students wrote their own soap operas.