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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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

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

3. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?
(a) Cashon
(b) Skaggs
(c) Moffitt
(d) Wilson

4. When the narrator and her mother departed for Detroit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949,” the narrator’s father told them “Don’t let” what “get you”?
(a) The police
(b) The Irish
(c) The train conductors
(d) The Polacks

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

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

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

8. Where does Norma Jean work in "Shiloh"?
(a) J. C. Penney's
(b) K-Mart
(c) Rexall Drugstore
(d) Waffle House

9. 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

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

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

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

13. What is Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?
(a) Ross
(b) Smith
(c) Williams
(d) Watkins

14. 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?
(a) Rita Jean Wiggins
(b) Peggy Wilson
(c) Mozelle Cashon
(d) Louise Milsap

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?

2. What grandchild of Cleo’s chatters on the phone in “Old Things”?

3. How long has it been since Sandra has mown her yard when her grandmother visits in “Offerings”?

4. What kind of store does the narrator of “Offerings” say Joe Stamper owned and ran?

5. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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