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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator do with his shoe obsessively in the second essay?
(a) Cradles it.
(b) Taps his head.
(c) Crosses himself with it.
(d) Throws it at peers.

2. What denomination is the money in Lou Sedaris' dresser drawer?
(a) Twenties.
(b) Silver dollars.
(c) One-dollar bills.
(d) Tens.

3. What does the author's mother claim happened to their first cat in the first essay?
(a) It killed a mouse.
(b) It loved David.
(c) It caught on fire.
(d) It committed suicide.

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

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

6. What is the Cyclops' occupation?
(a) Tie salesman.
(b) Shoe salesman.
(c) DJ.
(d) News editor.

7. What is the title of Sedaris' second essay in Naked?
(a) The Dragon in the Basement.
(b) Chipped Beef.
(c) The Women's Open.
(d) A Plague of Tics.

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

9. Who comes to the house to speak to the author's mother in the second essay?
(a) His aunt.
(b) His grandmother.
(c) His brother.
(d) His teacher.

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

11. Who does the author say he is considering asking to wax his coins in the first essay?
(a) His brother.
(b) His sister.
(c) His mother.
(d) The servants.

12. Who does the author's father say that Ya Ya found dead in the middle of the road?
(a) Her father.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her brother.
(d) Her mother.

13. How much does the napkin holder made by the author weigh?
(a) Seven pounds.
(b) Ten pounds.
(c) Three pounds.
(d) Six ounces.

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

15. What does the author say he has to tie over his eyes to sleep at night in the first essay?
(a) A sash.
(b) A bandana.
(c) A sock.
(d) A mask.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who stabs the author in the eye with a pencil?

2. Who receives a BB gun for his 12th birthday?

3. Where does the narrator say his family sits in the church in the first essay?

4. Who is the protagonist in "The Fugitive," which the author regularly checks in on?

5. What is the name of the patient who was a paranoid Tuscan?

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