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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Dinah the Christmas Whore and Planet of the Apes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What airline does the narrator take to go to camp?
(a) Delta Airlines.
(b) British Airways.
(c) El Al Airline.
(d) Aegean Airlines.

2. What does the author's mother insist on doing with Ya Ya?
(a) Putting her to sleep.
(b) Putting her in a nursing home.
(c) Sending her to her sister.
(d) Sending for a nurse.

3. Where does the author go to meet his hitchhiking friend after his second year in college?
(a) Mexico.
(b) Los Angeles.
(c) Delaware.
(d) San Francisco.

4. How old is the narrator when his grandfather died?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) One.
(d) Ten.

5. Where does the author's father vehemently object to the author moving?
(a) Mexico.
(b) New York.
(c) California.
(d) Wisconsin.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who has drawn the author's name in the Christmas lottery for gifts?

3. What is the author's mother's name?

4. In what grade is the author when he's told his school will be integrating blacks and whites the following year?

5. Who is the protagonist in "The Fugitive," which the author regularly checks in on?

(see the answer key)

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