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

2. Who leaves a large inheritance to the author's mother?
(a) Her aunt.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her father.

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

4. Where does the author's father store his money in the dresser?
(a) A wallet.
(b) A kneesock.
(c) A bag.
(d) A coin box.

5. What is the author's teacher's name in the second essay?
(a) Miss Walton.
(b) Miss Chestnutt.
(c) Miss Waterman.
(d) Miss Pafunda.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who receives a BB gun for his 12th birthday?

2. What is the name of the development that Ya Ya is moved to?

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

4. What is the name of the sanitarium in Raleigh?

5. What does the author's grandmother believe happened to her pet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does "Next of Kin" become passed through the family? What finally happens to it?

4. Why does David discover his mother sobbing in the bathroom in "Chipped Beef"? What is his consolation?

5. What does Lisa complain about in "Women's Open"? How does her father react?

6. What does Miss Chestnut scold David for in "A Plague of Tics"?

7. When does Ya Ya die? How does the family react?

8. How was David's father brought up? How is his mother's cooking described?

9. What does David's mother insist he stop doing to the cat? Why?

10. Why are the narrator's sisters kidnapped in "Chipped Beef"? How do his parents react?

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