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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Death
(d) Funerals

2. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?
(a) Alex Jones
(b) Barbara Walters
(c) Tom Brokaw
(d) Peter Jennings

3. 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?
(a) A pair of sewing scissors
(b) A pair of wire pliers
(c) A plate of olives
(d) A hairdryer

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

5. The narrator says in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that when she was young she lived “not far from the U.S. highway that took so many Southerners northward to work in the auto industry just after” what war?
(a) World War II
(b) The Korean War
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) World War I

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?

2. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

3. What is Peggy’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

4. Where does Mack and Mary Lou’s youngest daughter attend college in “The Rookers”?

5. What is the name of Cleo’s grandson that is staying with her in “Old Things”?

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