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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the author say he is considering asking to wax his coins in the first essay?
(a) The servants.
(b) His sister.
(c) His brother.
(d) His mother.

2. What is the name of the sanitarium in Raleigh?
(a) Bellevue.
(b) Dix Hill.
(c) White Castle.
(d) Green Willow Creek.

3. Where does the author's mother's family live?
(a) Mt. Ida, NY.
(b) Rochester, NY.
(c) Philadelphia, PA.
(d) Binghamton, NY.

4. How does the narrator's grandmother break her hip?
(a) She fell downstairs.
(b) She fell in the shower.
(c) She tripped over her cat.
(d) She was hit by a truck.

5. What is the Cyclops' occupation?
(a) DJ.
(b) Tie salesman.
(c) News editor.
(d) Shoe salesman.

6. Who is the only one in the household who seemed to enjoy the childrens' golf bags?
(a) Lisa.
(b) The cat.
(c) Their mother.
(d) David.

7. What does the author say he has to tie over his eyes to sleep at night in the first essay?
(a) A bandana.
(b) A mask.
(c) A sock.
(d) A sash.

8. Who does "Cyclops" refer to in Naked?
(a) The author's father.
(b) The author's father's friend.
(c) The author's mother.
(d) The author's sister.

9. What is the name of the church the author speaks of in the first essay?
(a) The Cathedral of the Sparkling Nature.
(b) The Holy Majestic Cathedral.
(c) The Church of the Divine Intervention.
(d) The Roman Catholic Church.

10. What does Ya Ya live above?
(a) A candy store.
(b) A pharmacy.
(c) A Wal-Mart.
(d) An arcade.

11. How does the author's father say his friend lost a foot?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) Driving.
(c) Using a saw.
(d) Getting struck by lightning.

12. What home does Ya Ya finally end up at?
(a) Blue Skies.
(b) Mayview.
(c) Green Gardens.
(d) Mayflower.

13. What is the name of the author's father's friend with the missing eye?
(a) Wilbur.
(b) John.
(c) Frank.
(d) Jimmie.

14. At what golf hole does Lisa begin her period in "The Women's Open"?
(a) The ninth.
(b) The seventh.
(c) The sixth.
(d) The fourteenth.

15. What is the name of the patient who was a paranoid Tuscan?
(a) Dixie.
(b) Paola.
(c) Sarah.
(d) Emily.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is the author's father's second hiding place?

2. What do the narrator and his brother come to view their grandmother as?

3. What does the narrator say his sister Lisa wouldn't know "if he crawled into her lap with a fistful of daisies"?

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

5. How many steps does it take the narrator to walk home from school in the second essay?

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