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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 Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?
(a) The local DMV
(b) H & R Block
(c) Bank of America
(d) The post office

2. What weight dumbbells does Norma Jean lift to warm up in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) 1 lb.
(b) 2 lb.
(c) 5 lb.
(d) 3 lb.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?

3. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?

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

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

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