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"Me Talk Pretty One Day", you test knowledge today Quiz

Exercise that noggin by taking a quiz on part one of the number one national best seller. David Sedaris talks about events he encountered full of comedy, joy, and bloodshed....ok, maybe not bloodshed. 15 questions, have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by k9999. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
k9999
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
226,262
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
8 / 15
Plays
200
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Question 1 of 15
1. What did David talk about in the beginning chapter? Hint


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Question 2 of 15
2. What was David's speech disability? Hint


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Question 3 of 15
3. David's father, Lou, loved jazz. In "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities", he wanted his two daughters and his son, David, to start a small jazz band. Gretchen was given a baby grand piano and Lisa was given a flute. What was David's "assigned" instrument? Hint


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Question 4 of 15
4. In "Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist", what was David addicted to? Hint


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Question 5 of 15
5. In "You Can't Kill The Rooster", David talked about how his mother gave birth to a boy, David's new brother. David explained that over the years, his brother, Paul, learned to use slang in everyday conversations. What business did Paul work in? Hint


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Question 6 of 15
6. According to "The Youth In Asia", how many dogs did the Sedaris have throughout that chapter? Hint


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Question 7 of 15
7. David got a job teaching a writing workshop at a college. He was clearly unqualified and was not ready to teach. So he made up random assignments and classwork throughout the semester. At one point, he decided to show the class television shows and analyze them. What kind of shows did David show his class? Hint


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Question 8 of 15
8. In "Big Boy", David went with his sister, Amy, to a friend's party. What city was the party in? Hint


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Question 9 of 15
9. In "The Great Leap Forward", David landed a job as a personal assistant to a wealthy Columbian woman, Valencia. Valencia would always try to find ways to make more money. She even found an ad for a missing parrot. How much was the reward for the parrot? Hint


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Question 10 of 15
10. David decided to quit his job as an assistant right after he was offered another job. What was this offered occupation? Hint


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Question 11 of 15
11. In "Today's Special", what does David complain about? Hint


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Question 12 of 15
12. In "City Of Angels", David's friend, Alisha, invited a friend from Greensboro, North Carolina to hang out with them in New York City. What was this "out-of-towner's" name? Hint


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Question 13 of 15
13. According to "A Shiner Like A Diamond", how long had David been living in Manhattan since he moved? Hint


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Question 14 of 15
14. In "Nutcracker.com", David got a job in a housecleaning company. According to his work, what household object was a pain in the butt to keep clean? Hint


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Question 15 of 15
15. Amy, David's sister, showed David a sick flash animation online, about a guy getting tortured.



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. What did David talk about in the beginning chapter?

Answer: movies where agents take you away

 David explained how we see movies like that, a lot, and related it to his experience of being taken out of class by a speech tutor.
David: "My agent came for me during class in the third grade."
2. What was David's speech disability?

Answer: he had a lisp

 David said he had a lisp in his speech. It would always be heard when he pronounced words with S's. To avoid this, he tried talking to people with words that had no S's in them.
speech tutor: "So how was your class today?"
David: "Fine."
speech tutor: "Ready for your lesson?"
David: "Affirmative."
3. David's father, Lou, loved jazz. In "Giant Dreams, Midget Abilities", he wanted his two daughters and his son, David, to start a small jazz band. Gretchen was given a baby grand piano and Lisa was given a flute. What was David's "assigned" instrument?

Answer: a guitar

 None of the kids wanted to learn how to play so they neglected their instruments. Lou even forced them to take lessons from professional teachers and made them play what they had learned so far.
David: "He wanted me to jam, so I jammed it into my closet..."
4. In "Twelve Moments in the Life of the Artist", what was David addicted to?

Answer: drugs

 David bought these drugs from a "jittery, bug-eyed typesetter" who introduced him to all kinds of amphetamines. Unfortunately for David, the seller moved to another city.
5. In "You Can't Kill The Rooster", David talked about how his mother gave birth to a boy, David's new brother. David explained that over the years, his brother, Paul, learned to use slang in everyday conversations. What business did Paul work in?

Answer: floor-sanding

 It was owned by Paul himself and he decided to call his company "Silly P's Hardwood Floors". Lou thought it would scare customers away so Paul changed it to "Silly Freakin' P's Hardwood Floors".
6. According to "The Youth In Asia", how many dogs did the Sedaris have throughout that chapter?

Answer: 6

 They had six dogs through out that chapter. The first two were collies, Rastus and Duchess. The next one was a German sheperd, Madchen, and then another German sheperd, Madchen 2. The third was a Great Dane named Melina and the last one was Sophie, also a Great Dane.
7. David got a job teaching a writing workshop at a college. He was clearly unqualified and was not ready to teach. So he made up random assignments and classwork throughout the semester. At one point, he decided to show the class television shows and analyze them. What kind of shows did David show his class?

Answer: soap operas

 This included "One Life to Live", "General Hospital", and "All My Children". Students began to drop out of his class and some even started to question his teaching. He immediately left that job.
8. In "Big Boy", David went with his sister, Amy, to a friend's party. What city was the party in?

Answer: Chicago

 In this chapter, David and his sister went to a dinner party in Chicago. David found something interesting in the guest's bathroom too.
9. In "The Great Leap Forward", David landed a job as a personal assistant to a wealthy Columbian woman, Valencia. Valencia would always try to find ways to make more money. She even found an ad for a missing parrot. How much was the reward for the parrot?

Answer: $750

 The grey parrot, Cheeky, was lost and Valencia made David go out and look for it. David got chewed out by Valencia when he failed to capture a pigeon outside her house, that she thought was Cheeky. The air between him and Valencia became very tense.
10. David decided to quit his job as an assistant right after he was offered another job. What was this offered occupation?

Answer: furniture mover

 Patrick, the guy in charge, offered David the job when he was called over to Valencia's house to move furniture. David found out Patrick was a communist who almost never did jobs for people who were wealthy. David was "enlightened" by Marx and Lenin.
11. In "Today's Special", what does David complain about?

Answer: food in fancy restaurants

 This is the chapter where David and his boyfriend, Hugh, went to eat at a fancy restaurant in New York City. David couldn't stand eating fancy food.
David: "Bake it, steam it, grill it, or stuff it into littleneck clams, I just need something I can hold on to."
12. In "City Of Angels", David's friend, Alisha, invited a friend from Greensboro, North Carolina to hang out with them in New York City. What was this "out-of-towner's" name?

Answer: Bonnie

 After telling David a few stories about a few events that happened to her in New York City, David knew Bonnie wouldn't fit in. She proved this to him by complaining to a cab driver, yelling at a transit clerk for ripping her off, and asking strangers to take pictures of her.
13. According to "A Shiner Like A Diamond", how long had David been living in Manhattan since he moved?

Answer: eight years

 David stated he had been living there for almost eight years. Also, in this chapter, David's sister, Amy, got a job modeling, but was discouraged by her father Lou, when he told her she was too fat.
14. In "Nutcracker.com", David got a job in a housecleaning company. According to his work, what household object was a pain in the butt to keep clean?

Answer: computers

 It's kind of funny too because his father had a job working with computers. David said he was not very computer-literate and was labeled a "technophobic".
David: "I hate computers for getting their own section in the 'New York Times'..."
15. Amy, David's sister, showed David a sick flash animation online, about a guy getting tortured.

Answer: True

"'Again?' Amy pushed a button and, our faces bathed in the glow of the screen, we watched the future for a second time."
Hope you enjoyed part one. Stay on the look out for part two!
Source: Author k9999

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