View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of car has the author's father bought in the sixth essay?
(a) A BMW.
(b) A Mercedes.
(c) A porsche.
(d) An Alfa Romeo.

2. Who receives a BB gun for his 12th birthday?
(a) The author's neighbor.
(b) The author's brother.
(c) The author's nephew.
(d) The author.

3. What is the name of the development that Ya Ya is moved to?
(a) Green Acres.
(b) Johnson Assisted Living.
(c) Capital Towers.
(d) Retirement Heaven.

4. What kind of brand-new car was stolen the previous week from a couple in Pamlico in "True Detective"?
(a) An Alfa Romeo.
(b) A Volkswagon.
(c) A Jeep.
(d) A Ford Mustang.

5. Where does Ya Ya live in the beginning of the third essay?
(a) Brooklyn.
(b) Queens.
(c) Manhattan.
(d) Cortland.

Short Answer Questions

1. What class does the narrator take when he is in junior high?

2. Who curses at the author's father in "The Women's Open"?

3. Where does the author's mother's family live?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What is the first mystery in "True Detective"? How is it solved?

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

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

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 893 words (approx. 3 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample