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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Offerings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?
(a) Phillip
(b) Petey
(c) Johnny
(d) Andrew

2. Where do Leroy and Norma Jean live in “Shiloh”?
(a) Kentucky
(b) Alabama
(c) Texas
(d) Arkansas

3. What is the name of Sandra’s estranged husband in “Offerings”?
(a) Jack
(b) Jerry
(c) Joe
(d) Peter

4. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?
(a) Wilson
(b) Moffitt
(c) Cashon
(d) Skaggs

5. What is the name of the uncle that the narrator and her mother visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Jim Yates
(b) Bob Turnbow
(c) Kent Ballard
(d) Boone Cashon

Short Answer Questions

1. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

2. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?

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

4. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” “Mack said old people gave him the creeps, the way they talked about” what?

5. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?

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