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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Offerings.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Aesop's Fairy Tales
(b) Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories
(c) The Curious Rabbit
(d) The Princess and the Pea

2. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?
(a) 4 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 15 years
(d) 20 years

3. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 2
(d) 3

4. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” lately Mack has become obsessed with the weather and likes to compare it to the predictions from where?
(a) The newspaper forecast
(b) His astrological charts
(c) The nightly news weather forecast
(d) The Old Farmer's Almanac

5. The narrator says in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that when she was young she lived “not far from the U.S. highway that took so many Southerners northward to work in the auto industry just after” what war?
(a) World War I
(b) World War II
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) The Korean War

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?

2. Where is Sandra’s grandmother coming to visit from in “Offerings”?

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

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

5. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

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