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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Residents and Transients.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Mary Lou’s last name in “The Rookers”?
(a) Belletieri
(b) Skaggs
(c) Wilson
(d) Cashon

2. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?
(a) Louise's
(b) Waldeen's
(c) Linda's
(d) Dolores's

3. In what state do Mary Lou and her husband Mack live in “The Rookers”?
(a) Arkansas
(b) Kentucky
(c) Texas
(d) Alabama

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

5. The narrator of “Residents and Transients” says that “there are a few here who think” what place “in Louisville would be the grandest place in the world to be”?
(a) The Louisville Slugger Museum
(b) The Louisville Zoo
(c) Waverly Hills
(d) Churchill Downs

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The narrator of “Offerings” says Sandra “grows vegetables and counts her” what?

3. What is the name of Cleo’s grandson that is staying with her in “Old Things”?

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. How many children does Dolores have in “The Climber”?

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