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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) She’s using the wrong weights.
(b) She’s right-handed.
(c) She’s got too much body fat.
(d) She’s left-handed.

2. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?
(a) Jack Cleveland
(b) Edwin Creech
(c) Herman Priddle
(d) Joe Murdock

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”?
(a) Sabrina Jones
(b) Betsy Lou
(c) Georgeann
(d) Sharon Belletieri

4. What word from “Still Life with Watermelon” refers to a horn containing food, drink, etc. in endless supply?
(a) Utopia
(b) Columbine
(c) Cornucopia
(d) Menagerie

5. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?
(a) Dolores's
(b) Waldeen's
(c) Louise's
(d) Linda's

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?

2. As Louise progresses in her paintings of watermelons in “Still Life with Watermelon,” she begins varying the backgrounds, “and sometimes now she throws in unusual decorative objects—a few candles, a soap dish,” and what?

3. What do the initials “R.J.W.” stand for in “Old Things”?

4. Who does Mack claim said that “any man who watches more than a hundred and sixty-eight football games in one year ought to be declared legally dead” in “The Rookers”?

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

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