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

2. What does the narrator's father find in his room when he searches it?
(a) Candy.
(b) Money.
(c) A mechanical pencil.
(d) Porn magazines.

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

4. What is the author's father's name?
(a) David.
(b) John.
(c) Lou.
(d) Michael.

5. What is the name of the family in the book the author finds in "Next of Kin"?
(a) The Waltons.
(b) The Jacksons.
(c) The Whitmores.
(d) The Rivers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does the narrator take when he is in junior high?

2. What color carpet does the author's father install in their living room?

3. Who is the only one in the household who seemed to enjoy the childrens' golf bags?

4. What does the author's mother run over while taking him home from play practice?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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