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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. Where does the author get an after-school job as a teenager?
(a) A cafeteria.
(b) A newsstand.
(c) A malt shop.
(d) A candy store.

2. Who does the author's mother deduce would use a knife to perpetrate a crime?
(a) A burglar.
(b) A child.
(c) A chef.
(d) A drug addict.

3. What does acting bear a striking resemblance to, when done with precision, according to the author?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Lying.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Singing.

4. What does David's coworker tell the woman whose apartment they're painting about David?
(a) He is stupid.
(b) He is lazy.
(c) He is gay.
(d) He is stealing.

5. What is the author's mother's name?
(a) Margaret.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Cynthia.
(d) Sharon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is packed in the money the author finds in "Something for Everyone"?

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

3. What is Ya Ya's recently deceased pet?

4. What does the narrator do with his shoe obsessively in the second essay?

5. What is the name of the forklift operator the author meets at the plant?

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