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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Drawing Names.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first watermelon that Louise painted in “Still Life with Watermelon” looked “like a dark-green basketball floating on” what?
(a) A longing prairie
(b) An algae-covered pond
(c) A sea of purple granite
(d) A diesel-fueled truck

2. Who does Carolyn’s dad say had stomach bypass surgery but that “it didn’t work and they had to fix him back like he was” in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Jim Yates
(b) Jack Cleveland
(c) Bill Crittendon
(d) Peewee McClain

3. What is the name of the narrator’s aunt in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that she and her mother went to visit in Detroit when she was young?
(a) Peggy Wilson
(b) Rita Jean Wiggins
(c) Mozelle Cashon
(d) Louise Milsap

4. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 15 inches
(b) 10 inches
(c) 19 inches
(d) 20 inches

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Carolyn’s mother say brought the chocolate-covered creams in “Drawing Names”?

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

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

4. What is the name of Sandra’s estranged husband in “Offerings”?

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

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