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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?
(a) H & R Block
(b) The local DMV
(c) Bank of America
(d) The post office

2. 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) Louise Milsap
(c) Peggy Wilson
(d) Mozelle Cashon

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

4. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?
(a) Peggy Wilson's
(b) Edda Griffin's
(c) Boone Cashon's
(d) Sharon Belletieri's

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

6. 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

7. In what children’s book does the narrator describe a “picture of a child with his guardian angel hovering over him in "Detroit Skyline, 1949"?
(a) Aesop's Fairy Tales
(b) The Curious Rabbit
(c) The Princess and the Pea
(d) Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories

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

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

10. 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

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

12. How is the preacher’s jacket described in “The Climber”?
(a) Yellow striped
(b) Purple and gold
(c) Pink plaid
(d) Blue plaid

13. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?
(a) Tuberculosis
(b) Lung cancer
(c) Childbed Fever
(d) A brain aneurism

14. Carolyn’s mother tells her they’re having what for Christmas dinner instead of turkey in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Baked ham
(b) Chinese takeout
(c) Fried chicken
(d) Boiled liver

15. How long ago was Carolyn divorced in “Drawing Names”?
(a) 2 years ago
(b) 1 year ago
(c) 10 years ago
(d) 6 years ago

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?

2. How many children does Dolores have in “The Climber”?

3. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?

4. Leroy tells Norma Jean what reason for why one of her arms is not as hard as the other in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

5. Louise has lost her job where in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

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