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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mack and Mary Lou’s youngest daughter attend college in “The Rookers”?
(a) Murray State
(b) Brown University
(c) Louisiana State
(d) Michigan State

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

3. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 9

4. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 19 inches
(b) 10 inches
(c) 20 inches
(d) 15 inches

5. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Louise
(b) Sarah
(c) Peggy Jo
(d) Cleo

6. Louise has lost her job where in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Kroger's
(b) Billy's Ford Dealership
(c) J. C. Penney's
(d) K-Mart

7. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
(a) Widows
(b) Schoolteachers
(c) Policewomen
(d) Having secret affairs

8. 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 plate of olives
(b) A pair of wire pliers
(c) A hairdryer
(d) A pair of sewing scissors

9. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) Mighty Mouse
(b) Batgirl
(c) Wonder Woman
(d) Marilyn Monroe

10. Where did Louise’s husband buy a cowboy hat before going away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Wal-Mart
(b) Sam's Surplus
(c) K-Mart
(d) J. C. Penney's

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

12. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?
(a) A dinner table
(b) A card table
(c) A coffee table
(d) A bookshelf

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

14. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?
(a) The local DMV
(b) The post office
(c) Bank of America
(d) H & R Block

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the last name of Rita Jean in “Old Things”?

4. The narrator says in “Old Things,” “After her husband died, [Cleo] moved to town, to a little brick house with a dishwasher and” what?

5. What is Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?

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