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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. The author writes in "True Detective," that to listen to his mother you'd have thought the streets of Raleigh were crawling with what?
(a) Hippies.
(b) Zombies.
(c) Heroin addicts.
(d) Detectives.

2. What color towels does the author's mother replace the old ones with in "True Detective"?
(a) Brown.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Blue.

3. Where is the author's father's second hiding place?
(a) The shed.
(b) The attic.
(c) The basement.
(d) Under the bed.

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

5. What is the narrator obsessed with licking in the second essay?
(a) A light switch.
(b) His nose.
(c) A rock.
(d) A light bulb.

Short Answer Questions

1. At what golf hole does Lisa begin her period in "The Women's Open"?

2. Where does the author hide for his "stakeout" in "True Detective"?

3. Who does "Cyclops" refer to in Naked?

4. What is the name of the golf course where the author's father takes him and his sister in "The Women's Open"?

5. What does Lisa complain is hurting her in "The Women's Open"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the first mystery in "True Detective"? How is it solved?

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

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

4. What does "Dix Hill" refer to? Why is this fascinating to the author?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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