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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?
(a) Jake
(b) Peter
(c) John
(d) Kent

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

3. What is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Yates
(b) Wilson
(c) Milsap
(d) Turnbow

4. What kind of store does the narrator of “Offerings” say Joe Stamper owned and ran?
(a) A candy store
(b) A shoe store
(c) A book store
(d) A coffee shop

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Louise’s husband with while he’s away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

2. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?

3. The narrator says in “Old Things,” “After her husband died, [Cleo] moved to town, to a little brick house with a dishwasher and” what?

4. When Mack refurbished an old church pew into a dinette booth for some neighbors in “The Rookers,” the sanding took days and Mack claimed, “I’m sanding off layers of” what?

5. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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