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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Still Life with Watermelon.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) Batgirl
(b) Mighty Mouse
(c) Marilyn Monroe
(d) Wonder Woman

2. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?
(a) Wilson
(b) Moffitt
(c) Cashon
(d) Skaggs

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

4. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?
(a) Phillip
(b) Andrew
(c) Johnny
(d) Petey

5. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?
(a) Childbed Fever
(b) A brain aneurism
(c) Lung cancer
(d) Tuberculosis

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?

2. As Louise progresses in her paintings of watermelons in “Still Life with Watermelon,” she begins varying the backgrounds, “and sometimes now she throws in unusual decorative objects—a few candles, a soap dish,” and what?

3. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?

4. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?

5. Where do Leroy and Norma Jean live in “Shiloh”?

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