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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 old was Sandra’s mother when Sandra’s maternal grandmother died in “Offerings”?
(a) 12
(b) 6
(c) 4
(d) 9
2. Sandra’s husband is in Louisville working where in “Offerings”?
(a) Piggly Wiggly
(b) J.C. Penney's
(c) K-Mart
(d) Kroger's
3. According to the narrator of “The Climber,” “Dolores has the Christian channel on only for the” what?
(a) Music
(b) Noise
(c) Preaching
(d) Sermons
4. Kent drives a truck for what company in “Drawing Names”?
(a) K-Mart
(b) Kentucky Loose-Leaf Floor
(c) Kroger's
(d) J.C. Penney's
5. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?
(a) A bookshelf
(b) A dinner table
(c) A card table
(d) A coffee table
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?
2. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?
3. Kent is a part-time student at what college in “Drawing Names”?
4. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?
5. What was the name of Leroy and Norma Jean’s baby that died in “Shiloh”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are Cleo’s thoughts on Shirley in “Old Things”?
2. Why did the family agree to draw names for Christmas presents in “Drawing Names”?
3. How is the character of Uncle Boone described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
4. How are the central characters in “The Rookers” similar to the central characters in “Shiloh”?
5. How is Sandra’s mother’s relationship with Grandmother Stamper described in “Offerings”?
6. How does the narrator describe the final years of Sandra’s paternal grandfather in “Offerings”?
7. What news does Cleo Watkins relate on the phone to her friend in the beginning of “Old Things”?
8. How is the journey to Detroit described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”? How do Peggy Jo and her mother get there?
9. How is Petey’s character described in “The Climber”?
10. How is Sandra’s character described in the beginning of “Offerings”?
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