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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. What has happened to the narrator's sisters in the first essay?
(a) They were kidnapped.
(b) They joined the circus.
(c) They ran away.
(d) They were imprisoned.

2. How many steps does it take the narrator to walk home from school in the second essay?
(a) 637.
(b) 921.
(c) 315.
(d) 214.

3. Where does the author's family move when he's a child?
(a) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(c) St. Louis, Missouri.
(d) Raleigh, North Carolina.

4. What is the name of the development that Ya Ya is moved to?
(a) Retirement Heaven.
(b) Johnson Assisted Living.
(c) Green Acres.
(d) Capital Towers.

5. Where was the narrator/author born?
(a) Endicott, New York.
(b) Brooklyn, New York.
(c) New York, New York.
(d) Queens, New York.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who does the author's father say that Ya Ya found dead in the middle of the road?

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

4. What does the author's grandmother refer to his mother as?

5. What is the author's mother's name?

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