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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator says in “Old Things,” “After her husband died, [Cleo] moved to town, to a little brick house with a dishwasher and” what?
(a) A yard that needed mowing
(b) Wall-to-wall carpet
(c) Cherry-stained hardwood floors
(d) Granite countertops in the kitchen

2. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) 2 months ago
(b) 4 months ago
(c) 2 weeks ago
(d) 3 years ago

3. When the narrator and her mother departed for Detroit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949,” the narrator’s father told them “Don’t let” what “get you”?
(a) The police
(b) The Irish
(c) The Polacks
(d) The train conductors

4. Where does Mack and Mary Lou’s youngest daughter attend college in “The Rookers”?
(a) Louisiana State
(b) Michigan State
(c) Brown University
(d) Murray State

5. What is the name of the uncle that the narrator and her mother visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Boone Cashon
(b) Bob Turnbow
(c) Jim Yates
(d) Kent Ballard

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?

2. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?

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

4. What word does the narrator’s play date pronounce “with two syllables” in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

5. How long has it been since Sandra has mown her yard when her grandmother visits in “Offerings”?

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