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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. How is the preacher’s jacket described in “The Climber”?
(a) Pink plaid
(b) Yellow striped
(c) Blue plaid
(d) Purple and gold
2. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?
(a) 41
(b) 26
(c) 32
(d) 30
3. When Mack refurbished an old church pew into a dinette booth for some neighbors in “The Rookers,” the sanding took days and Mack claimed, “I’m sanding off layers of” what?
(a) Sermons
(b) Belief
(c) Greed
(d) Hypocrisy
4. How old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?
(a) 4
(b) 6
(c) 12
(d) 9
5. What is the name of Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Peter
(b) Tom
(c) Jack
(d) Paul
Short Answer Questions
1. The narrator says in “Old Things,” “After her husband died, [Cleo] moved to town, to a little brick house with a dishwasher and” what?
2. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” lately Mack has become obsessed with the weather and likes to compare it to the predictions from where?
3. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?
4. Carolyn works as a sales clerk at what store in “Drawing Names”?
5. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are the central themes in the stories of Bobbie Ann Mason’s anthology?
2. How is the character of Uncle Boone described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
3. How are the central characters in “The Rookers” similar to the central characters in “Shiloh”?
4. How is Peggy Wilson described in “Still Life with Watermelon”? What is her relationship to Louise Milsap?
5. How is the character of Jim Walsh described in “Drawing Names”?
6. Where is Louise Milsap’s husband in the beginning of “Still Life with Watermelon”? Why is he there?
7. What appointment is Dolores worried about in “The Climber”?
8. How is the character of Aunt Mozelle described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
9. How does Linda respond when Cleo implies she’s old by saying “I’m not sixteen anymore” in “Old Things”?
10. How are Louise’s watermelon paintings described in the beginning of “Still Life with Watermelon”?
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