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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Louise’s husband with while he’s away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Jack Cleveland
(b) Carolyn Sisson
(c) Jim Yates
(d) Rita Jean Wiggins

2. What was the name of Leroy and Norma Jean’s baby that died in “Shiloh”?
(a) Joe
(b) Robert
(c) Jim
(d) Randy

3. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” “Mack said old people gave him the creeps, the way they talked about” what?
(a) Funerals
(b) Diseases
(c) Death
(d) Church

4. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?
(a) 10 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 20 years

5. Where is Sandra’s grandmother coming to visit from in “Offerings”?
(a) Little Rock
(b) Paducah
(c) Lubbock
(d) Atlanta

Short Answer Questions

1. What colors are the cheerleader outfits that Cleo is sewing in “Old Things”?

2. Who does Mack claim said that “any man who watches more than a hundred and sixty-eight football games in one year ought to be declared legally dead” in “The Rookers”?

3. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

4. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?

5. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?

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