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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) She’s left-handed.
(b) She’s using the wrong weights.
(c) She’s got too much body fat.
(d) She’s right-handed.

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

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

4. Who does Mack claim said that “any man who watches more than a hundred and sixty-eight football games in one year ought to be declared legally dead” in “The Rookers”?
(a) Emily Post
(b) Sally Struthers
(c) Wilson Walters
(d) Emma Bombeck

5. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?
(a) Kansas
(b) Oklahoma
(c) Missouri
(d) Texas

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What word does the narrator’s play date pronounce “with two syllables” in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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

4. What is Mary Lou’s last name in “The Rookers”?

5. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?

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