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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) His astrological charts
(b) The newspaper forecast
(c) The nightly news weather forecast
(d) The Old Farmer's Almanac

3. What is Mary Lou’s last name in “The Rookers”?
(a) Skaggs
(b) Belletieri
(c) Wilson
(d) Cashon

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

5. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Georgeann
(b) Betsy Lou
(c) Sharon Belletieri
(d) Sabrina Jones

Short Answer Questions

1. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?

2. What is the name of the uncle that the narrator and her mother visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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

4. What is the name of the narrator’s aunt in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that she and her mother went to visit in Detroit when she was young?

5. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?

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