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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Dolores has an appointment with a gynecologist to see about what, in “The Climber”?
(a) An abnormal pap smear
(b) A new birth control option
(c) A sonogram
(d) A lump in her breast

2. What is the name of Cleo’s grandson that is staying with her in “Old Things”?
(a) Michael
(b) James
(c) Davey
(d) Petey

3. Carolyn works as a sales clerk at what store in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Wal-Mart
(b) K-Mart
(c) Macy's
(d) J.C. Penney's

4. What weight dumbbells does Norma Jean lift to warm up in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) 3 lb.
(b) 2 lb.
(c) 5 lb.
(d) 1 lb.

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

6. What was the name of Leroy and Norma Jean’s baby that died in “Shiloh”?
(a) Jim
(b) Robert
(c) Joe
(d) Randy

7. Kent is planning to drive over for Christmas dinner from where by noon in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Juanita Lake
(b) Lake Huron
(c) Kentucky Lake
(d) Lake Michigan

8. What word from “Still Life with Watermelon” refers to a horn containing food, drink, etc. in endless supply?
(a) Menagerie
(b) Cornucopia
(c) Columbine
(d) Utopia

9. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?
(a) A brain aneurism
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Childbed Fever
(d) Lung cancer

10. What is Peggy’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Wilson
(b) Martin
(c) Ballard
(d) Skaggs

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

12. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?
(a) Jack Cleveland
(b) Edwin Creech
(c) Joe Murdock
(d) Herman Priddle

13. Where is Sandra’s grandmother coming to visit from in “Offerings”?
(a) Atlanta
(b) Paducah
(c) Little Rock
(d) Lubbock

14. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?
(a) Boone Cashon's
(b) Edda Griffin's
(c) Peggy Wilson's
(d) Sharon Belletieri's

15. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?
(a) A splenectomy
(b) A hysterectomy
(c) A leg amputation
(d) A tonsillectomy

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the narrator’s aunt in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that she and her mother went to visit in Detroit when she was young?

3. What do the initials “R.J.W.” stand for in “Old Things”?

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

5. What is Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?

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