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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?
(a) A flute
(b) An electric organ
(c) A drum set
(d) A saxophone

2. Where do Leroy and Norma Jean live in “Shiloh”?
(a) Texas
(b) Arkansas
(c) Alabama
(d) Kentucky

3. The first watermelon that Louise painted in “Still Life with Watermelon” looked “like a dark-green basketball floating on” what?
(a) A diesel-fueled truck
(b) An algae-covered pond
(c) A sea of purple granite
(d) A longing prairie

4. 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.

5. 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”?
(a) Emily Post
(b) Sally Struthers
(c) Wilson Walters
(d) Emma Bombeck

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last name of Rita Jean in “Old Things”?

2. The narrator of “Offerings” says Sandra “grows vegetables and counts her” what?

3. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?

4. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?

5. What kind of cigarettes does the narrators say her uncle smoked in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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