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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through True Detective and Dix Hill.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author's mother leave a video tape for once she's passed away?
(a) Gretchen.
(b) Amy.
(c) Lisa.
(d) Sharon.

2. The author writes in "True Detective," that to listen to his mother you'd have thought the streets of Raleigh were crawling with what?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Detectives.
(d) Heroin addicts.

3. What is Ya Ya diagnosed with in the third essay?
(a) Tuberculosis.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Arthritis.
(d) Cancer.

4. What is the author's mother's name?
(a) Cynthia.
(b) Margaret.
(c) Sharon.
(d) Sarah.

5. What does the narrator say his sister Lisa wouldn't know "if he crawled into her lap with a fistful of daisies"?
(a) A true detective.
(b) A fugitive.
(c) A sensitive loner.
(d) A criminal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the golf course where the author's father takes him and his sister in "The Women's Open"?

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

3. What is the title of the first essay in Naked?

4. What color carpet does the author's father install in their living room?

5. Who does "Ya Ya" refer to?

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