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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Ya Ya's recently deceased pet?
(a) A dog.
(b) A goldfish.
(c) A cat.
(d) A hamster.

2. What is the title of Sedaris' second essay in Naked?
(a) The Women's Open.
(b) A Plague of Tics.
(c) Chipped Beef.
(d) The Dragon in the Basement.

3. Who does the author's father say that Ya Ya found dead in the middle of the road?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her brother.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

4. What does the author's mother run over while taking him home from play practice?
(a) A cat.
(b) A child.
(c) A dog.
(d) A squirrel.

5. What is the name of the golf course where the author's father takes him and his sister in "The Women's Open"?
(a) Strawberry Greens.
(b) Bowling Green.
(c) Pinehurst.
(d) Oakwood.

6. How does the author's father say his friend lost his right hand?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Using a hammer.
(c) In the garbage disposal.
(d) With a saw.

7. Who does the author's mother leave a video tape for once she's passed away?
(a) Lisa.
(b) Amy.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Gretchen.

8. Who's tee does the author's father encourage Lisa to go get?
(a) Jackson.
(b) Snead.
(c) Palmer.
(d) Woods.

9. What color carpet does the author's father install in their living room?
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Red.
(d) Green.

10. What home does Ya Ya finally end up at?
(a) Mayview.
(b) Mayflower.
(c) Green Gardens.
(d) Blue Skies.

11. What does the author's mother claim happened to their first cat in the first essay?
(a) It killed a mouse.
(b) It caught on fire.
(c) It committed suicide.
(d) It loved David.

12. How does the narrator's grandmother break her hip?
(a) She fell in the shower.
(b) She tripped over her cat.
(c) She was hit by a truck.
(d) She fell downstairs.

13. What does the author say he wanted a home with, as opposed to a fence?
(a) A dungeon.
(b) A fortress.
(c) A lion.
(d) A moat.

14. What do the author's mother and older sister share a love for?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Romance novels.
(c) Detectives.
(d) Monster movies.

15. What does the narrator say his sister Lisa wouldn't know "if he crawled into her lap with a fistful of daisies"?
(a) A criminal.
(b) A sensitive loner.
(c) A fugitive.
(d) A true detective.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the author's teacher's name in the second essay?

2. Who comes to the house to speak to the author's mother in the second essay?

3. What is the name of the church the author speaks of in the first essay?

4. What does the narrator's father find in his room when he searches it?

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

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