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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?
(a) Johnny
(b) Andrew
(c) Phillip
(d) Petey

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

3. Kent drives a truck for what company in “Drawing Names”?
(a) K-Mart
(b) Kroger's
(c) Kentucky Loose-Leaf Floor
(d) J.C. Penney's

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

5. The narrator says in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that when she was young she lived “not far from the U.S. highway that took so many Southerners northward to work in the auto industry just after” what war?
(a) World War I
(b) The Korean War
(c) The Vietnam War
(d) World War II

6. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Sabrina Jones
(b) Georgeann
(c) Sharon Belletieri
(d) Betsy Lou

7. What colors are the cheerleader outfits that Cleo is sewing in “Old Things”?
(a) Red and blue
(b) White and yellow
(c) Red and gray
(d) Purple and gold

8. 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

9. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?
(a) 26
(b) 32
(c) 30
(d) 41

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

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

12. Where does Mack and Mary Lou’s youngest daughter attend college in “The Rookers”?
(a) Michigan State
(b) Louisiana State
(c) Murray State
(d) Brown University

13. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?
(a) Louise's
(b) Waldeen's
(c) Dolores's
(d) Linda's

14. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 7
(b) 12
(c) 14
(d) 9

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

2. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

3. What word does the narrator’s play date pronounce “with two syllables” in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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

5. The narrator says in “Old Things,” “After her husband died, [Cleo] moved to town, to a little brick house with a dishwasher and” what?

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