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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Something for Everyone and Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the girls in the Sedaris household play?
(a) Nurse.
(b) House.
(c) Veterenarian.
(d) Reformatory.

2. What does the narrator say is his best asset in the first essay?
(a) His hair.
(b) His nose.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His skin.

3. Where does the author end up riding much of the way on his bus trip to Oregon?
(a) By the bus driver.
(b) In a seat alone.
(c) By a crying baby.
(d) On the floor.

4. What year is the last time the author heard from Peg?
(a) 1979.
(b) 1994.
(c) 1965.
(d) 1982.

5. What denomination is the money in Lou Sedaris' dresser drawer?
(a) Twenties.
(b) Silver dollars.
(c) One-dollar bills.
(d) Tens.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author's family move when he's a child?

2. How does the reverend deliver his sermon in the first essay?

3. Where are David and Pam when one of the wheels falls off her chair?

4. Who does the author's father "dupe" into going to the golf course in essay six?

5. How many times has the author seen Planet of the Apes?

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