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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?
(a) Barbara Walters
(b) Tom Brokaw
(c) Peter Jennings
(d) Alex Jones

4. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Sharon Belletieri
(b) Betsy Lou
(c) Sabrina Jones
(d) Georgeann

5. How many children does Dolores have in “The Climber”?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 4

Short Answer Questions

1. 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"?

2. How many hours did it take Bill and Imogene to reach Nashville, according to the narrator in the beginning of “The Ocean”?

3. 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”?

4. Where did the narrator know Larry from before she began having an affair with him in “Residents and Transients”?

5. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

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