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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?
(a) Skaggs
(b) Cashon
(c) Moffitt
(d) Wilson

4. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 9
(d) 12

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

2. What did Sandra’s grandfather die from in “Offerings”?

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

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

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

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