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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of store does the narrator of “Offerings” say Joe Stamper owned and ran?
(a) A book store
(b) A candy store
(c) A coffee shop
(d) A shoe store

2. Who urged Dolores to see a doctor about her condition in “The Climber”?
(a) Louise Milsap
(b) Mary Sue
(c) Dusty Bivens
(d) Jerry Wilson

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

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

5. What is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Milsap
(b) Yates
(c) Wilson
(d) Turnbow

6. What is the name of Sandra’s estranged husband in “Offerings”?
(a) Jerry
(b) Joe
(c) Jack
(d) Peter

7. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?
(a) John
(b) Jake
(c) Peter
(d) Kent

8. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) 3 years ago
(b) 2 months ago
(c) 2 weeks ago
(d) 4 months ago

9. Dolores’s friend enrolled in beauty school at what age in “The Climber”?
(a) 26
(b) 60
(c) 37
(d) 42

10. Kent is a part-time student at what college in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Murray State
(b) Rutgers University
(c) Louisiana State
(d) Ole Miss

11. What is the last name of Rita Jean in “Old Things”?
(a) Ballard
(b) Johnson
(c) Smith
(d) Wiggins

12. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
(a) Having secret affairs
(b) Policewomen
(c) Widows
(d) Schoolteachers

13. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) She’s got too much body fat.
(b) She’s left-handed.
(c) She’s using the wrong weights.
(d) She’s right-handed.

14. What word does the narrator’s play date pronounce “with two syllables” in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Here
(b) There
(c) Walk
(d) Hair

15. What is the name of Sandra’s grandfather that died in “Offerings”?
(a) Joe Stamper
(b) Kent Ballard
(c) Bob Turnbow
(d) Joe Murdock

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the name of Cleo’s grandson that is staying with her in “Old Things”?

3. The first watermelon that Louise painted in “Still Life with Watermelon” looked “like a dark-green basketball floating on” what?

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

5. How old is Petey described as in “The Climber”?

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