Shiloh and Other Stories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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Shiloh and Other Stories Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Kent’s last name in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Jackson
(b) Wiggins
(c) Ballard
(d) Creech

2. How many children does Dolores have in “The Climber”?
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 2

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

4. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?
(a) A drum set
(b) A flute
(c) An electric organ
(d) A saxophone

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

6. When the narrator and her mother departed for Detroit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949,” the narrator’s father told them “Don’t let” what “get you”?
(a) The Irish
(b) The train conductors
(c) The Polacks
(d) The police

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

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

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) Wilson Walters
(b) Emma Bombeck
(c) Emily Post
(d) Sally Struthers

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

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

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

13. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?
(a) Arkansas
(b) California
(c) Arizona
(d) Maine

14. Carolyn’s mother tells her they’re having what for Christmas dinner instead of turkey in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Boiled liver
(b) Baked ham
(c) Chinese takeout
(d) Fried chicken

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon” is currently where?

2. How many people are expected for Christmas dinner in “Drawing Names”?

3. What is the name of Sandra’s estranged husband in “Offerings”?

4. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?

5. Dolores has an appointment with a gynecologist to see about what, in “The Climber”?

(see the answer keys)

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