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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Graveyard Day.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Joe regularly take to put on his grandparents’ grave in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) Azaleas
(b) Daisies
(c) Roses
(d) Geraniums

2. What word from “Graveyard Day” refers to studies or membership within a philosophical secret society said to have been founded in late medieval Germany by Christian Rosenkreuz?
(a) Aristotelian
(b) Bourgeois
(c) Epicurean
(d) Rosicrucian

3. How tall is the tulip tree said to be in “The Climber”?
(a) 70 feet
(b) 100 feet
(c) 30 feet
(d) 80 feet

4. When Joe arrives for dinner in “Graveyard Day,” Waldeen tells him Holly is mad because she won’t make what?
(a) Tofu Burgers
(b) Soybean Supreme
(c) Organic Pasta
(d) Potatoes with Garlic

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store does the narrator of “Offerings” say Joe Stamper owned and ran?

2. What is the last name of Joe, who comes to supper almost every night at Waldeen’s, in “Graveyard Day”?

3. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?

4. Joe has an antique walking stick that belonged to whom in “Graveyard Day”?

5. Dolores’s friend enrolled in beauty school at what age in “The Climber”?

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