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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?
(a) Tom Brokaw
(b) Barbara Walters
(c) Peter Jennings
(d) Alex Jones

2. Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon” is currently where?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Arkansas
(c) Texas
(d) Mississippi

3. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” lately Mack has become obsessed with the weather and likes to compare it to the predictions from where?
(a) The Old Farmer's Almanac
(b) His astrological charts
(c) The newspaper forecast
(d) The nightly news weather forecast

4. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?
(a) John
(b) Peter
(c) Kent
(d) Jake

5. What colors are the cheerleader outfits that Cleo is sewing in “Old Things”?
(a) Red and blue
(b) Red and gray
(c) White and yellow
(d) Purple and gold

6. What do the initials “R.J.W.” stand for in “Old Things”?
(a) Richard James Wilson
(b) Robert Jacob Watkins
(c) Richard Johnson Wilson
(d) Robert James Wilson

7. What is the name of Sandra’s grandfather that died in “Offerings”?
(a) Kent Ballard
(b) Joe Stamper
(c) Bob Turnbow
(d) Joe Murdock

8. Sandra’s husband is in Louisville working where in “Offerings”?
(a) K-Mart
(b) J.C. Penney's
(c) Kroger's
(d) Piggly Wiggly

9. 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”?
(a) Emma Bombeck
(b) Sally Struthers
(c) Emily Post
(d) Wilson Walters

10. The narrator of “The Climber” says of the former astronaut that his moon visit lasted how long?
(a) 2 weeks
(b) 3 weeks
(c) 5 days
(d) 3 days

11. How is the preacher’s jacket described in “The Climber”?
(a) Yellow striped
(b) Blue plaid
(c) Pink plaid
(d) Purple and gold

12. 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 hairdryer
(c) A plate of olives
(d) A pair of wire pliers

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

14. Dolores has an appointment with a gynecologist to see about what, in “The Climber”?
(a) A new birth control option
(b) A sonogram
(c) An abnormal pap smear
(d) A lump in her breast

15. What is the name of Cleo’s grandson that is staying with her in “Old Things”?
(a) James
(b) Davey
(c) Petey
(d) Michael

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How old is Petey described as in “The Climber”?

3. How long ago was Carolyn divorced in “Drawing Names”?

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

5. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?

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