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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Poet to The End of the Civil War Days.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What nationality was the woman who watched Olive when she was little and her mother was teaching school?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) Mexican.
(c) Swedish.
(d) Finnish.

2. How old was a woman who killed herself by sitting in the middle of the turnpike?
(a) 69.
(b) 71.
(c) 65.
(d) 74.

3. Where are Suzanne's sons going to college?
(a) MIT and University of Virginia.
(b) Harvard and Yale.
(c) UCLA and University of Colorado.
(d) Dartmouth and Michigan.

4. When did Ann's mother die in "Motherless Child"?
(a) A couple months ago.
(b) 5 weeks ago.
(c) 4 months ago.
(d) 3 weeks ago.

5. What time is Helen released from the hospital in "Exiles"?
(a) 2 a.m.
(b) Midnight.
(c) 11 p.m.
(d) 10:30 p.m.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the view from Jack's living room?

2. What color pants does Olive wear when she visits Jack in "Labor"?

3. Including Andrea, how many children did her mother have?

4. How many years ago does Olive remember in "The Poet," that Andrea used to walk the roads of Crosby alone?

5. What month is it in "Cleaning"?

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