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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 train conductors
(d) The Polacks

2. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?
(a) Bank of America
(b) The local DMV
(c) The post office
(d) H & R Block

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

4. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?
(a) 6
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 4

5. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?
(a) 26
(b) 41
(c) 32
(d) 30

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?

3. Sandra’s husband is in Louisville working where in “Offerings”?

4. What did Sandra’s grandfather die from in “Offerings”?

5. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?

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