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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. Who does "Ya Ya" refer to?
(a) The author's girlfriend.
(b) The author's mother.
(c) The author's grandmother.
(d) The author's dog.

2. What color carpet does the author's father install in their living room?
(a) Red.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Green.

3. What is the name of the author's father's friend with the missing eye?
(a) Frank.
(b) John.
(c) Wilbur.
(d) Jimmie.

4. Who calls the rent house where the narrator's family lived, "our own little corner of hell"?
(a) His sister.
(b) His father.
(c) His mother.
(d) Himself.

5. How many steps does it take the narrator to walk home from school in the second essay?
(a) 921.
(b) 637.
(c) 214.
(d) 315.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Ya Ya live in the beginning of the third essay?

2. Who does the author say wants to design a lunar module based on the shape of his skull?

3. What is the author's mother's name?

4. How does the author's father say his friend lost his right hand?

5. How many siblings does the author have?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why do David's teachers come to his home? What is their impression of his mother?

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

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

7. How does Ya Ya feel about her grandchildren? How do they feel about her?

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

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

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

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