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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Ocean.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?
(a) Arkansas
(b) Arizona
(c) California
(d) Maine

2. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Sarah
(b) Cleo
(c) Peggy Jo
(d) Louise

3. What kind of store does the narrator of “Offerings” say Joe Stamper owned and ran?
(a) A candy store
(b) A book store
(c) A shoe store
(d) A coffee shop

4. When Mack refurbished an old church pew into a dinette booth for some neighbors in “The Rookers,” the sanding took days and Mack claimed, “I’m sanding off layers of” what?
(a) Sermons
(b) Belief
(c) Greed
(d) Hypocrisy

5. Where does Shelby take Georgeann to eat on the night of their senior prom in “The Retreat”?
(a) Burger King
(b) The Wal-Mart snack bar
(c) McDonald's
(d) Kentucky Fried Chicken

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Carolyn’s last name in “Drawing Names”?

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

3. What kind of truck does Larry drive in “Residents and Transients”?

4. 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”?

5. Rita Jean is worried sick about her cat named what in “Old Things”?

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