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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 the name of Sandra’s grandfather that died in “Offerings”?
(a) Kent Ballard
(b) Bob Turnbow
(c) Joe Stamper
(d) Joe Murdock

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

3. What is the narrator’s husband’s name in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) Paul
(b) Michael
(c) Mark
(d) Stephen

4. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?
(a) Jake
(b) Kent
(c) John
(d) Peter

5. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?
(a) Arkansas
(b) California
(c) Maine
(d) Arizona

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sandra’s grandfather die from in “Offerings”?

2. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?

3. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” “Mack said old people gave him the creeps, the way they talked about” what?

4. Petey claims in “The Climber” that “Jesus is a” what?

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

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