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

2. Who is the protagonist in "The Fugitive," which the author regularly checks in on?
(a) Horace Walker.
(b) Jake Agnew.
(c) Richard Kimble.
(d) Gerald Kimble.

3. What do the narrator and his brother come to view their grandmother as?
(a) A mummy.
(b) An ATM machine.
(c) An embarassment.
(d) A clown.

4. What does the narrator say is his best asset in the first essay?
(a) His hair.
(b) His nose.
(c) His eyes.
(d) His skin.

5. Who does the author's father "dupe" into going to the golf course in essay six?
(a) Lou Jr. and David.
(b) Lisa and David.
(c) Amy and David.
(d) Bruno and David.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the author say he wanted a home with, as opposed to a fence?

2. Where does the author hide for his "stakeout" in "True Detective"?

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

4. Where does the author's father vehemently object to the author moving?

5. How does the reverend deliver his sermon in the first essay?

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