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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does Carolyn’s dad say had stomach bypass surgery but that “it didn’t work and they had to fix him back like he was” in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Jack Cleveland
(b) Peewee McClain
(c) Jim Yates
(d) Bill Crittendon

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

3. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Louise
(b) Sarah
(c) Peggy Jo
(d) Cleo

4. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 19 inches
(b) 15 inches
(c) 20 inches
(d) 10 inches

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) The Korean War
(b) The Vietnam War
(c) World War II
(d) World War I

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?

2. What is Carolyn’s last name in “Drawing Names”?

3. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?

4. Where do Leroy and Norma Jean live in “Shiloh”?

5. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is the tree being removed in “The Climber”?

2. How is Mabel characterized in “Shiloh”? What is Norma Jean’s relationship with Mabel like?

3. How are Louise’s watermelon paintings described in the beginning of “Still Life with Watermelon”?

4. From what narrative perspective is “Detroit Skyline, 1949” related? How does this narrative point of view compare with that of “Shiloh” and “The Rookers”?

5. What are the central themes in the stories of Bobbie Ann Mason’s anthology?

6. How are the characters of Norma Jean and Leroy described in “Shiloh”?

7. How is the character of Peggy described in “Drawing Names”?

8. How is the character of Aunt Mozelle described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

9. What happens when Louise goes to meet with Mr. Priddle in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

10. What memories of her grandmother’s farm does Sandra recollect in “Offerings”?

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