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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. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?
(a) 12
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 9

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

3. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 20 inches
(b) 19 inches
(c) 10 inches
(d) 15 inches

4. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 12
(b) 9
(c) 7
(d) 14

5. 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?
(a) A pair of wire pliers
(b) A plate of olives
(c) A pair of sewing scissors
(d) A hairdryer

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Norma Jean work in "Shiloh"?

2. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?

3. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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

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

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