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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 color towels does the author's mother replace the old ones with in "True Detective"?
(a) Yellow.
(b) Brown.
(c) Blue.
(d) White.

2. What does the author's mother run over while taking him home from play practice?
(a) A squirrel.
(b) A child.
(c) A dog.
(d) A cat.

3. Where does the author's family move when he's a child?
(a) Little Rock, Arkansas.
(b) Cleveland, Mississippi.
(c) Raleigh, North Carolina.
(d) St. Louis, Missouri.

4. What does the author say he wanted a home with, as opposed to a fence?
(a) A fortress.
(b) A dungeon.
(c) A lion.
(d) A moat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the author's father vehemently object to the author moving?

2. What is the Cyclops' occupation?

3. How does Ya Ya start a fire while at the community living apartment?

4. Who calls the rent house where the narrator's family lived, "our own little corner of hell"?

5. What kind of brand-new car was stolen the previous week from a couple in Pamlico in "True Detective"?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does David discover his mother sobbing in the bathroom in "Chipped Beef"? What is his consolation?

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

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

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

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

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

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