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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?
(a) A tonsillectomy
(b) A hysterectomy
(c) A leg amputation
(d) A splenectomy

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

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

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

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) Kent Ballard
(d) Jim Yates

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What colors are the cheerleader outfits that Cleo is sewing in “Old Things”?

3. What weight dumbbells does Norma Jean lift to warm up in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

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

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

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