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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. How does the reverend deliver his sermon in the first essay?
(a) On television.
(b) On a Great Dane.
(c) On horseback.
(d) In the woods.

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

3. Who becomes Ya Ya's roommate at the private facility?
(a) Mrs. Wilkinson.
(b) Mrs. Thomson.
(c) Mrs. Denardo.
(d) Mrs. Eldridge.

4. Who does the author say wants to design a lunar module based on the shape of his skull?
(a) The Russians.
(b) The Germans.
(c) The Italians.
(d) NASA.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author's mother's family live?

2. How much money is stolen from the author's father's dresser drawer in "True Detective"?

3. What does Ya Ya live above?

4. How does the author's father say his friend lost his right hand?

5. Where does the author's father store his money in the dresser?

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