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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Get Yer Ya-ya's Out and Next of Kin.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author say he is considering asking to wax his coins in the first essay?
(a) His brother.
(b) The servants.
(c) His mother.
(d) His sister.

2. Who leaves a large inheritance to the author's mother?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

3. Who becomes Ya Ya's roommate at the private facility?
(a) Mrs. Wilkinson.
(b) Mrs. Eldridge.
(c) Mrs. Denardo.
(d) Mrs. Thomson.

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

5. Who calls the rent house where the narrator's family lived, "our own little corner of hell"?
(a) Himself.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) His father.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator's grandmother break her hip?

2. Who does the author say wants to design a lunar module based on the shape of his skull?

3. How many steps does it take the narrator to walk home from school in the second essay?

4. What does the author's grandmother believe happened to her pet?

5. What is the title of Sedaris' second essay in Naked?

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