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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Epicurean
(b) Bourgeois
(c) Rosicrucian
(d) Aristotelian

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

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

4. What is the last name of Joe, who comes to supper almost every night at Waldeen’s, in “Graveyard Day”?
(a) McClain
(b) Crittendon
(c) Wilson
(d) Peters

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of flowers does Joe regularly take to put on his grandparents’ grave in “Graveyard Day”?

2. How long has it been since Sandra has mown her yard when her grandmother visits in “Offerings”?

3. Sandra’s husband is in Louisville working where in “Offerings”?

4. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?

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

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