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

2. What is the name of the development that Ya Ya is moved to?
(a) Retirement Heaven.
(b) Johnson Assisted Living.
(c) Capital Towers.
(d) Green Acres.

3. What does the author's father collect in a goldfish bowl for good luck?
(a) Pebbles.
(b) Marbles.
(c) Golf balls.
(d) Golf tees.

4. What is Ya Ya's recently deceased pet?
(a) A goldfish.
(b) A dog.
(c) A hamster.
(d) A cat.

5. How much does the napkin holder made by the author weigh?
(a) Six ounces.
(b) Ten pounds.
(c) Three pounds.
(d) Seven pounds.

Short Answer Questions

1. What home does Ya Ya finally end up at?

2. Who curses at the author's father in "The Women's Open"?

3. Where does the author's father store his money in the dresser?

4. What has one of the household members taken to using as toilet paper in "True Detective"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Who in David's family is taken to an institution? What effect does this have?

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

3. What is the second household mystery in "True Detective"? What is the backlash the author finds himself in?

4. What is David's father's obsession? Where does he take them in "Women's Open"?

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

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

7. What is the eventual "cure" for David's tics? How?

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

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

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

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