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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. Where does Norma Jean work in "Shiloh"?
(a) Rexall Drugstore
(b) K-Mart
(c) J. C. Penney's
(d) Waffle House

2. What is Peggy’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Ballard
(b) Skaggs
(c) Martin
(d) Wilson

3. What is the name of the uncle that the narrator and her mother visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Jim Yates
(b) Kent Ballard
(c) Boone Cashon
(d) Bob Turnbow

4. In what children’s book does the narrator describe a “picture of a child with his guardian angel hovering over him in "Detroit Skyline, 1949"?
(a) Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories
(b) Aesop's Fairy Tales
(c) The Princess and the Pea
(d) The Curious Rabbit

5. The first watermelon that Louise painted in “Still Life with Watermelon” looked “like a dark-green basketball floating on” what?
(a) A longing prairie
(b) A sea of purple granite
(c) A diesel-fueled truck
(d) An algae-covered pond

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

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

3. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?

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

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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