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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who's tee does the author's father encourage Lisa to go get?

3. How many siblings does the author have?

4. Where does the author's family move when he's a child?

5. What has one of the household members taken to using as toilet paper in "True Detective"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What does David fantasize about his "real parents" in "Chipped Beef"?

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

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

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

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

9. What is David's father's obsession? Where does he take them in "Women's Open"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss "Dinah the Christmas Whore." What events take place in this essay? What lesson does the author learn?

Essay Topic 2

Describe and discuss where the principle setting is of the earlier essays in Naked. How does the author feel about where he grew up?

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the author's use of structure and motif in the essay "True Detective." Describe ways in which the author "sets up" the humor in this piece.

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