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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 Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?
(a) Ross
(b) Williams
(c) Smith
(d) Watkins

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

3. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” “Mack said old people gave him the creeps, the way they talked about” what?
(a) Funerals
(b) Church
(c) Diseases
(d) Death

4. The narrator of “Offerings” says Sandra “grows vegetables and counts her” what?
(a) Blessings
(b) Cats
(c) Boyfriends
(d) Dogs

5. What kind of truck does Larry drive in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) A blue Ford Ranger
(b) An orange Ford Bronco
(c) A yellow Jeep Cherokee
(d) A red Mazda convertible

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the narrator say she returned to Kentucky in “Residents and Transients”?

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

3. What is the name of Sandra’s grandfather that died in “Offerings”?

4. What grandchild of Cleo’s chatters on the phone in “Old Things”?

5. Who does Mack claim said that “any man who watches more than a hundred and sixty-eight football games in one year ought to be declared legally dead” in “The Rookers”?

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