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

2. What does the author's grandmother refer to his mother as?
(a) The girl.
(b) Love bug.
(c) That woman.
(d) Her daughter.

3. What is the name of the church the author speaks of in the first essay?
(a) The Church of the Divine Intervention.
(b) The Cathedral of the Sparkling Nature.
(c) The Holy Majestic Cathedral.
(d) The Roman Catholic Church.

4. What does the author's mother insist on doing with Ya Ya?
(a) Sending her to her sister.
(b) Sending for a nurse.
(c) Putting her to sleep.
(d) Putting her in a nursing home.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who becomes Ya Ya's roommate at the private facility?

2. Who does the author say he is considering asking to wax his coins in the first essay?

3. Who leaves a large inheritance to the author's mother?

4. What does the author say his mother's profile is featured on in the first essay?

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

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