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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Third Monday.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the last name of Bill and Imogene in “The Ocean”?
(a) Williams
(b) Hastings
(c) Crittendon
(d) Watkins

2. 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"?
(a) Aesop's Fairy Tales
(b) Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories
(c) The Princess and the Pea
(d) The Curious Rabbit

3. Who does Carolyn’s mother say brought the chocolate-covered creams in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Sabrina Jones
(b) Hattie Smoot
(c) Jim Yates
(d) Rita Jean Wiggins

4. 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?
(a) The nightly news weather forecast
(b) The newspaper forecast
(c) His astrological charts
(d) The Old Farmer's Almanac

5. What are the names of Georgeann and Shelby’s two children in “The Retreat”?
(a) Mark and Elizabeth
(b) Peter and Sarah
(c) Tamara and Jason
(d) Mike and Jimmy

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?

2. What is the name of Edwin’s first wife in “A New-Wave Format”?

3. Dolores has an appointment with a gynecologist to see about what, in “The Climber”?

4. The narrator of “The Climber” says of the former astronaut that his moon visit lasted how long?

5. Who does Imogene say “had a hurtin’ like this and come to find out she had kidney disease” in “The Ocean”?

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