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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 television program does the author fantasize about starring in one day?
(a) Bonnie and Clyde.
(b) The A-Team.
(c) Socrates and Company.
(d) Win a Gazillion Dollars.

2. What do the narrator and his brother come to view their grandmother as?
(a) An ATM machine.
(b) A mummy.
(c) A clown.
(d) An embarassment.

3. What does the author's mother announce that she has two weeks before Lisa's wedding?
(a) An aneurysm.
(b) Emphysema.
(c) Diabetes.
(d) Lung cancer.

4. Where does Peg end up living?
(a) Berkeley.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Wisconsin.
(d) Chicago.

5. What kind of car has the author's father bought in the sixth essay?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A porsche.
(c) A Mercedes.
(d) An Alfa Romeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the development that Ya Ya is moved to?

2. What home does Ya Ya finally end up at?

3. What would the author travel with in his fantasy television show?

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

5. What does the author start a campaign to revive in North Carolina?

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