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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Louise’s husband buy a cowboy hat before going away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Sam's Surplus
(b) K-Mart
(c) Wal-Mart
(d) J. C. Penney's

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

3. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?
(a) 4 years
(b) 10 years
(c) 20 years
(d) 15 years

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

5. Louise has lost her job where in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) J. C. Penney's
(b) Billy's Ford Dealership
(c) Kroger's
(d) K-Mart

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

7. The narrator of “Offerings” says Sandra “grows vegetables and counts her” what?
(a) Boyfriends
(b) Blessings
(c) Dogs
(d) Cats

8. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?
(a) A bookshelf
(b) A coffee table
(c) A card table
(d) A dinner table

9. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?
(a) A saxophone
(b) An electric organ
(c) A flute
(d) A drum set

10. How old is Petey described as in “The Climber”?
(a) 16
(b) 9
(c) 10
(d) 13

11. Who is Louise’s husband with while he’s away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Jack Cleveland
(b) Carolyn Sisson
(c) Rita Jean Wiggins
(d) Jim Yates

12. Rita Jean is worried sick about her cat named what in “Old Things”?
(a) Fluffy
(b) Pretty Tail
(c) Maxwell
(d) Dexter

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

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

15. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” “Mack said old people gave him the creeps, the way they talked about” what?
(a) Death
(b) Funerals
(c) Church
(d) Diseases

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the narrator of “The Climber,” “Dolores has the Christian channel on only for the” what?

2. Carolyn’s mother tells her they’re having what for Christmas dinner instead of turkey in “Drawing Names”?

3. What kind of cigarettes does the narrators say her uncle smoked in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

4. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?

5. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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