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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detroit Skyline, 1949.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?
(a) A card table
(b) A bookshelf
(c) A dinner table
(d) A coffee table

4. What was the name of Leroy and Norma Jean’s baby that died in “Shiloh”?
(a) Randy
(b) Joe
(c) Jim
(d) Robert

5. When the narrator and her mother departed for Detroit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949,” the narrator’s father told them “Don’t let” what “get you”?
(a) The Irish
(b) The train conductors
(c) The police
(d) The Polacks

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. Where does Mack and Mary Lou’s youngest daughter attend college in “The Rookers”?

3. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit 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. What is the name of the uncle that the narrator and her mother visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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