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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. Dolores has an appointment with a gynecologist to see about what, in “The Climber”?
(a) A new birth control option
(b) A sonogram
(c) A lump in her breast
(d) An abnormal pap smear

2. How tall is the tulip tree said to be in “The Climber”?
(a) 100 feet
(b) 30 feet
(c) 70 feet
(d) 80 feet

3. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Betsy Lou
(b) Sabrina Jones
(c) Georgeann
(d) Sharon Belletieri

4. Kent is planning to drive over for Christmas dinner from where by noon in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Lake Huron
(b) Kentucky Lake
(c) Juanita Lake
(d) Lake Michigan

5. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?
(a) Herman Priddle
(b) Jack Cleveland
(c) Joe Murdock
(d) Edwin Creech

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of store does the narrator of “Offerings” say Joe Stamper owned and ran?

2. How many children does Dolores have in “The Climber”?

3. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?

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

5. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What gift did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth wedding anniversary? How is this object described?

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

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

4. How are Mack’s feelings about the weather described in “The Rookers”?

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

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

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

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

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

10. What constitutes the basic plot line of “Shiloh”? What is the story essentially about?

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