|
| Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Peggy Jo
(b) Sarah
(c) Cleo
(d) Louise
2. Dolores’s friend enrolled in beauty school at what age in “The Climber”?
(a) 26
(b) 37
(c) 42
(d) 60
3. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?
(a) Petey Crittendon
(b) Joe Walters
(c) Stevie Hamilton
(d) Jim Yates
4. How tall is the tulip tree said to be in “The Climber”?
(a) 80 feet
(b) 100 feet
(c) 70 feet
(d) 30 feet
5. Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon” is currently where?
(a) Arkansas
(b) Oklahoma
(c) Mississippi
(d) Texas
6. What colors are the cheerleader outfits that Cleo is sewing in “Old Things”?
(a) Red and gray
(b) White and yellow
(c) Red and blue
(d) Purple and gold
7. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?
(a) A brain aneurism
(b) Tuberculosis
(c) Childbed Fever
(d) Lung cancer
8. What is Mary Lou’s last name in “The Rookers”?
(a) Wilson
(b) Belletieri
(c) Cashon
(d) Skaggs
9. What is the last name of Rita Jean in “Old Things”?
(a) Ballard
(b) Johnson
(c) Wiggins
(d) Smith
10. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Texas
(c) Missouri
(d) Kansas
11. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?
(a) Waldeen's
(b) Louise's
(c) Linda's
(d) Dolores's
12. The narrator of “Offerings” says Sandra “grows vegetables and counts her” what?
(a) Boyfriends
(b) Cats
(c) Dogs
(d) Blessings
13. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?
(a) A leg amputation
(b) A tonsillectomy
(c) A splenectomy
(d) A hysterectomy
14. Kent is a part-time student at what college in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Louisiana State
(b) Rutgers University
(c) Ole Miss
(d) Murray State
15. Kent drives a truck for what company in “Drawing Names”?
(a) J.C. Penney's
(b) Kentucky Loose-Leaf Floor
(c) K-Mart
(d) Kroger's
Short Answer Questions
1. In what state do Mary Lou and her husband Mack live in “The Rookers”?
2. What is the name of Cleo’s grandson that is staying with her in “Old Things”?
3. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?
4. What is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
5. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?
|
This section contains 362 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |
|



