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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 author's youngest brother's name?
(a) Lou.
(b) Jason.
(c) Paul.
(d) John.

2. What is Ya Ya diagnosed with in the third essay?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Diabetes.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) Arthritis.

3. How does the author's father say his friend lost his right hand?
(a) Mowing the lawn.
(b) With a saw.
(c) Using a hammer.
(d) In the garbage disposal.

4. Where does the author hide for his "stakeout" in "True Detective"?
(a) His closet.
(b) The attic.
(c) His father's bathroom.
(d) His father's closet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the church the author speaks of in the first essay?

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

3. Who does the author's mother leave a video tape for once she's passed away?

4. How much does the napkin holder made by the author weigh?

5. What is Ya Ya's recently deceased pet?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What changes David's father's mind about Ya Ya's being taken to a care facility? Where does he take her?

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

7. Where is Ya Ya from, and how do she and David's mother feel about each other?

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

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

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

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