1. When Hugh's father was late picking him up from the movies, he discovered
(a) A new film about a talking Volkswagen.
(b) A dead man hanging from a telephone pole.
(c) A man killing a pig with a shotgun.
(d) The theatre had only folding chairs and a sheet for a screen.

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

3. Why is it difficult for Sedaris to travel with a typewriter?
(a) Security usually does not know what a typewriter is.
(b) The typewriter is heavy and cumbersome.
(c) Security finds the typewriter unusual enough to stop him regularly.
(d) Sedaris insults security, and this calls attention to him and his typewriter.

4. Sedaris goes to work for Patrick because
(a) Valencia has refused to pay him, and Patrick is wealthy.
(b) Valencia has demanded he and Patrick catch a rare bird.
(c) Patrick has the same contempt for the wealthy that Sedaris feels.
(d) Valencia has cut his hours, and Patrick offers him a job moving furniture.

5. During their last meeting together, Sedaris learns that Miss Sampson
(a) Has quit her job because she feels like a failure.
(b) Has been fired because she could not help the students.
(c) Is leaving to work at another school.
(d) Is aware of his homosexuality.