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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word does the narrator’s play date pronounce “with two syllables” in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Here
(b) Hair
(c) There
(d) Walk

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

3. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?
(a) Jim Yates
(b) Petey Crittendon
(c) Stevie Hamilton
(d) Joe Walters

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

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 Polacks
(b) The train conductors
(c) The police
(d) The Irish

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

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

4. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

5. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?

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