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

2. Where is the author's paternal grandmother from?
(a) Italy.
(b) Peru.
(c) Spain.
(d) Greece.

3. Who does Ya Ya's roommate at the home say she is the step-sister to?
(a) The author.
(b) Satan.
(c) Jesus Christ.
(d) The Pope.

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

5. What does the author say he wanted a home with, as opposed to a fence?
(a) A dungeon.
(b) A lion.
(c) A moat.
(d) A fortress.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the narrator and his brother come to view their grandmother as?

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

4. What is the name of the family in the book the author finds in "Next of Kin"?

5. How many siblings does the author have?

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