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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Cyclops and The Women's Open.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the author's father collect in a goldfish bowl for good luck?
(a) Marbles.
(b) Pebbles.
(c) Golf tees.
(d) Golf balls.

3. What does the author's mother run over while taking him home from play practice?
(a) A cat.
(b) A dog.
(c) A squirrel.
(d) A child.

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

5. Where does Ya Ya live in the beginning of the third essay?
(a) Queens.
(b) Brooklyn.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Cortland.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At what golf hole does Lisa begin her period in "The Women's Open"?

3. How does the author's father say his friend lost a foot?

4. Who calls the rent house where the narrator's family lived, "our own little corner of hell"?

5. What does the author's mother insist on doing with Ya Ya?

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