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

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

4. Sandra’s husband is in Louisville working where in “Offerings”?
(a) K-Mart
(b) J.C. Penney's
(c) Kroger's
(d) Piggly Wiggly

5. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?
(a) Skaggs
(b) Moffitt
(c) Cashon
(d) Wilson

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Mack and Mary Lou’s youngest daughter attend college in “The Rookers”?

2. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?

3. What is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How is the character of Jim Walsh described in “Drawing Names”?

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

3. How is the character of Uncle Boone described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

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

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

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

7. How does Linda respond when Cleo implies she’s old by saying “I’m not sixteen anymore” in “Old Things”?

8. How is Peggy Wilson described in “Still Life with Watermelon”? What is her relationship to Louise Milsap?

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

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

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