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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 name of the sanitarium in Raleigh?
(a) White Castle.
(b) Green Willow Creek.
(c) Dix Hill.
(d) Bellevue.

2. What does the author's grandmother refer to his mother as?
(a) The girl.
(b) Her daughter.
(c) That woman.
(d) Love bug.

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

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

5. Who becomes Ya Ya's roommate at the private facility?
(a) Mrs. Wilkinson.
(b) Mrs. Eldridge.
(c) Mrs. Thomson.
(d) Mrs. Denardo.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. How does the reverend deliver his sermon in the first essay?

4. What is the name of the family in the book the author finds in "Next of Kin"?

5. What is the author's teacher's name in the second essay?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does David encounter when he returns to Dix Hill?

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

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

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 "Dix Hill" refer to? Why is this fascinating to the author?

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