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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Ya Ya start a fire while at the community living apartment?

2. Where is the author's paternal grandmother from?

3. How many siblings does the author have?

4. Where does the author's father vehemently object to the author moving?

5. How much does the napkin holder made by the author weigh?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the author's mother leave behind a video for Lisa? What is on it?

2. Who injures the author in "Cyclops"? What is the result?

3. What does David do in order to clear his name in "True Detective"?

4. Describe the family's participation at church as detailed in "Chipped Beef."

5. What happens after the golf tournament in "Women's Open"?

6. Describe what the title, "Next of Kin" refers to.

7. What happens when David's father visits him in New York?

8. How does David's father obtain golf tees? Why does he collect them?

9. What leads Ya Ya to need to be cared for? How does this lead to arguments between the author's parents?

10. What does David's father warn his children about, and how?

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