Reading Comprehension Questions on Me Talk Pretty One Day

1. 1) Why did David Sedaris move to Paris?

• a) for a vacation

• b) to learn french

• c) to write a new book

2) What was the other students' french level?

• a) broken, pathetic

• b) superb, magnificent

• c) average

3) Was the author confident in speaking the language?

4) How is the language pool "sink or swim" approach called?

5) How do you explain his use of incomprehensible words?

Answer explanation

He wants to make his experience relatable to his readers.

6) What is the first thing the French teacher does?

• a) throw things at the students

• b) belittle her students

• c) say the alphabet

7) What does the author's description of his classmates show?

8) What does the teacher's response show? How would you characterise her?

9) 2 paragraphs are glued together. Where should the second one be indented?

10) When called upon, Sedaris mentioned the things he hates and two things he loves. Can you name the latter?

• a) Tums and his IBM typewriter

• b) His IBM typewriter and brain pudding

• c) His electric floor waxer and his IBM typewriter