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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. What is Lou Sedaris excited about at the start of the essay?
(a) His daughter ,Amy, has lost a considerable amount of weight.
(b) His daughter, Amy, is going to appear in a magazine article.
(c) His daughter, Amy, is getting married.
(d) David is going to appear in a magazine article.

2. Ironically, the food at the restaurant is described as
(a) Home cooking.
(b) Traditional American.
(c) Dada-esque.
(d) American Gothic.

3. Lou Sedaris busies himself
(a) Smoking.
(b) Chatting with fishermen.
(c) Working equations in the sand.
(d) Tanning.

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

5. Sedaris and his father seem to
(a) Have an unusually close realtionship
(b) Be angry at each other most of the time.
(c) Have few common interests.
(d) Try to make each other unhappy.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why is Sedaris unable to ignore the problem?

4. One reason Sedaris resists the computer is

5. In the end, Sedaris' authority is undermined when

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the young Sedaris miss the irony of the fisherman's inability to live by the seashore?

2. How does the speech therapist continue to bring Sedaris' lisp to his attention?

3. Why does Sedaris seem to object so strongly to his speech therapy sessions?

4. What attributes of Paul's relationship with his father seem to balance out his directness and crude behavior?

5. Describe Amy Sedaris' appearance in the much-anticipated magazine article.

6. How are Sedaris' parents described differently in the chapter?

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

8. What are the main differences between Sedaris and his father outlined in the chapter?

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

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

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