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

2. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?
(a) California
(b) Maine
(c) Arizona
(d) Arkansas

3. How many people are expected for Christmas dinner in “Drawing Names”?
(a) 16
(b) 10
(c) 22
(d) 12

4. What word from “Still Life with Watermelon” refers to a horn containing food, drink, etc. in endless supply?
(a) Cornucopia
(b) Utopia
(c) Columbine
(d) Menagerie

5. Dolores’s friend enrolled in beauty school at what age in “The Climber”?
(a) 42
(b) 26
(c) 60
(d) 37

Short Answer Questions

1. Kent drives a truck for what company in “Drawing Names”?

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. In “Old Things,” Linda believes that it’s awful that Cleo has gotten rid of every reminder of whom?

4. Who does Carolyn’s mother say brought the chocolate-covered creams in “Drawing Names”?

5. What is the name of Sandra’s grandfather that died in “Offerings”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What memento does Cleo find at the end of “Old Things”? What does this make her think of?

2. What appointment is Dolores worried about in “The Climber”?

3. How are the central characters in “The Rookers” similar to the central characters in “Shiloh”?

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

5. How long has Carolyn been divorced in “Drawing Names”? How has this impacted her family Christmas visits?

6. What news does Cleo Watkins relate on the phone to her friend in the beginning of “Old Things”?

7. How is the journey to Detroit described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”? How do Peggy Jo and her mother get there?

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

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

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

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