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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is the tulip tree said to be in “The Climber”?
(a) 100 feet
(b) 80 feet
(c) 70 feet
(d) 30 feet

2. 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) Greed
(b) Belief
(c) Hypocrisy
(d) Sermons

3. Petey claims in “The Climber” that “Jesus is a” what?
(a) Vampire
(b) Savior
(c) Zombie
(d) Leader

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

5. Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon” is currently where?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Texas
(c) Mississippi
(d) Arkansas

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship that had been sunk at Pearl Harbor does Bill think about as he tries to sleep in the camper in “The Ocean”?

2. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

3. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” lately Mack has become obsessed with the weather and likes to compare it to the predictions from where?

4. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?

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

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