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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the family in the book the author finds in "Next of Kin"?
(a) The Jacksons.
(b) The Rivers.
(c) The Whitmores.
(d) The Waltons.

2. What does the author use to dye his hair in "True Detective"?
(a) Magic markers.
(b) Bleach.
(c) Shoe polish.
(d) Henna.

3. What does the narrator do with his shoe obsessively in the second essay?
(a) Taps his head.
(b) Throws it at peers.
(c) Cradles it.
(d) Crosses himself with it.

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

5. What does the author's grandmother believe happened to her pet?
(a) It committed suicide.
(b) It was run over.
(c) It was eaten by a cat.
(d) It caught on fire.

6. What class does the narrator take when he is in junior high?
(a) Shop.
(b) French.
(c) Choir.
(d) Home economics.

7. 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.

8. Where does the author's family move when he's a child?
(a) St. Louis, Missouri.
(b) Raleigh, North Carolina.
(c) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(d) Little Rock, Arkansas.

9. What kind of car has the author's father bought in the sixth essay?
(a) An Alfa Romeo.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A BMW.
(d) A porsche.

10. Who calls the rent house where the narrator's family lived, "our own little corner of hell"?
(a) His mother.
(b) Himself.
(c) His sister.
(d) His father.

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

12. What does the author refer to his minister as in the first essay?
(a) A clown.
(b) An orthodox.
(c) A tippler.
(d) A reformer.

13. Who comes to the house to speak to the author's mother in the second essay?
(a) His grandmother.
(b) His teacher.
(c) His brother.
(d) His aunt.

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

15. What has one of the household members taken to using as toilet paper in "True Detective"?
(a) Bath towels.
(b) Kleenex.
(c) Magazines.
(d) T-shirts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the author's father "dupe" into going to the golf course in essay six?

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

3. Who's tee does the author's father encourage Lisa to go get?

4. Who does the author's father say that Ya Ya found dead in the middle of the road?

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

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