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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Still Life with Watermelon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Sandra’s grandfather die from in “Offerings”?
(a) Parkinson's Disease
(b) Brain cancer
(c) Cirrhosis of the liver
(d) Lung cancer

2. As Louise progresses in her paintings of watermelons in “Still Life with Watermelon,” she begins varying the backgrounds, “and sometimes now she throws in unusual decorative objects—a few candles, a soap dish,” and what?
(a) A pair of sewing scissors
(b) A plate of olives
(c) A hairdryer
(d) A pair of wire pliers

3. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) 3 years ago
(b) 2 months ago
(c) 2 weeks ago
(d) 4 months ago

4. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?
(a) Herman Priddle
(b) Edwin Creech
(c) Jack Cleveland
(d) Joe Murdock

5. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) A brain aneurism
(c) Childbed Fever
(d) Lung cancer

Short Answer Questions

1. How long has it been since Sandra has mown her yard when her grandmother visits in “Offerings”?

2. Where is Sandra’s grandmother coming to visit from in “Offerings”?

3. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?

4. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?

5. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?

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