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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?
(a) 2
(b) 5
(c) 4
(d) 3

2. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) Mighty Mouse
(b) Marilyn Monroe
(c) Wonder Woman
(d) Batgirl

3. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 12
(b) 14
(c) 9
(d) 7

4. What is the name of Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Peter
(b) Paul
(c) Jack
(d) Tom

5. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” lately Mack has become obsessed with the weather and likes to compare it to the predictions from where?
(a) His astrological charts
(b) The Old Farmer's Almanac
(c) The newspaper forecast
(d) The nightly news weather forecast

Short Answer Questions

1. What word from “Still Life with Watermelon” refers to a horn containing food, drink, etc. in endless supply?

2. In what children’s book does the narrator describe a “picture of a child with his guardian angel hovering over him in "Detroit Skyline, 1949"?

3. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?

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?

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?

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