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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 Irish
(b) The Polacks
(c) The police
(d) The train conductors

3. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?
(a) Petey Crittendon
(b) Stevie Hamilton
(c) Jim Yates
(d) Joe Walters

4. What did Sandra’s grandfather die from in “Offerings”?
(a) Parkinson's Disease
(b) Lung cancer
(c) Cirrhosis of the liver
(d) Brain cancer

5. What is Mary Lou’s last name in “The Rookers”?
(a) Belletieri
(b) Skaggs
(c) Wilson
(d) Cashon

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

2. What grandchild of Cleo’s chatters on the phone in “Old Things”?

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

4. Where did Louise’s husband buy a cowboy hat before going away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

5. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?

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