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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bonnie is most interested in
(a) Staying inside to avoid New Yorkers.
(b) Following Sedaris' agenda.
(c) Learning about local culture.
(d) Visiting tourist traps.

2. Sedaris feels out of place in the restaurant because
(a) He has to borrow a jacket from the maitre d'.
(b) He does not like any of the food.
(c) He is on his first date with Hugh.
(d) He cannot understand the menu.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What instrument does Sedaris' father choose for him?

2. Who or what threatens to divide Sedaris' class?

3. Sedaris suggests his brother is radically different from his other siblings because

4. Sedaris is not bothered by the possible ingredients in a hot dog because

5. Sedaris compares his father's most recent dog, Sophie, to

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Sedaris feel his father admired jazz so much as a young man?

2. Why does Sedaris believe his his parents are so lenient with Melina, the Great Dane?

3. What does Sedaris find unusual about the way the food in his neighborhood restaurants is served on the plate.

4. What features of the the typewriter does Sedaris praise?

5. Why does Sedaris resist learning to play the guitar?

6. Why does Sedaris believe there are no "normal" restaurants left in his neighborhood?

7. Why does Sedaris feel the need to offer a comment to the final performance artist he mentions in the essay before he leaves?

8. How does Sedaris' mother respond to the music lessons the kids are taking?

9. How are Valencia and Patrick different?

10. What is significant about the title Go Carolina?

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