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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where has the narrator’s husband gone away to work in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) Birmingham, Alabama
(b) Little Rock, Arkansas
(c) Louisville, Kentucky
(d) Jackson, Mississippi

2. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
(a) Policewomen
(b) Schoolteachers
(c) Having secret affairs
(d) Widows

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

4. What grandchild of Cleo’s chatters on the phone in “Old Things”?
(a) Julia
(b) Mary
(c) Linda
(d) Tammy

5. Sandra’s husband is in Louisville working where in “Offerings”?
(a) Kroger's
(b) J.C. Penney's
(c) Piggly Wiggly
(d) K-Mart

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?

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

3. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?

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

5. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?

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