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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word from “Still Life with Watermelon” refers to a horn containing food, drink, etc. in endless supply?
(a) Cornucopia
(b) Menagerie
(c) Utopia
(d) Columbine

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

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

4. What kind of cigarettes does the narrators say her uncle smoked in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Kents
(b) Camels
(c) Old Golds
(d) Marlboros

5. The narrator says in “Residents and Transients,” “I complained for weeks about living with houses in view. I need” what?
(a) Rice fields
(b) Mountains
(c) Cornfields
(d) Cotton fields

Short Answer Questions

1. Where has the narrator’s husband gone away to work in “Residents and Transients”?

2. Carolyn works as a sales clerk at what store in “Drawing Names”?

3. How old is Holly in “Graveyard Day”?

4. Where does Shelby take Georgeann to eat on the night of their senior prom in “The Retreat”?

5. Where do Leroy and Norma Jean live in “Shiloh”?

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