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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Something for Everyone and Ashes.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does acting bear a striking resemblance to, when done with precision, according to the author?
(a) Stealing.
(b) Singing.
(c) Lying.
(d) Dancing.

2. What is the name of the boy David sits next to on the plane to camp?
(a) Seamen.
(b) Jack.
(c) Billie.
(d) Andrew.

3. Where does the narrator hitchhike with his friend to see fake Indians?
(a) Oklahoma.
(b) Williamstown.
(c) Tennessee.
(d) Gatlinburg.

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

5. What job does the narrator do at his place of after-school employment?
(a) Chef.
(b) Candy vendor.
(c) Paperboy.
(d) Dish washer.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the narrator obsessed with licking in the second essay?

2. The person in the newspaper article was robbed of $300 and what?

3. What does the author's mother claim happened to their first cat in the first essay?

4. What does Ya Ya live above?

5. What does the author's father collect in a goldfish bowl for good luck?

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