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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. What is the name of the development that Ya Ya is moved to?

2. How does the author's father say his friend lost his right hand?

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

4. Who does the author's mother deduce would use a knife to perpetrate a crime?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens after the golf tournament in "Women's Open"?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Which essay examines the author's homosexuality? What does he use as the comparison/juxtaposition of his homosexuality? Describe the events and themes of the essay.

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the role of religion in Sedaris' life and his essays. Which essays broach this subject? How is religion presented by the author?

Essay Topic 3

What takes place in "Next of Kin"? Where does the title derive from? How does this title take on two meanings in the text? What is the outcome of this story?

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