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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. The narrator of “The Climber” says of the former astronaut that his moon visit lasted how long?
(a) 3 weeks
(b) 5 days
(c) 3 days
(d) 2 weeks

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) 15 inches
(d) 19 inches

3. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
(a) Having secret affairs
(b) Widows
(c) Schoolteachers
(d) Policewomen

4. What is the name of the uncle that the narrator and her mother visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Jim Yates
(b) Boone Cashon
(c) Bob Turnbow
(d) Kent Ballard

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Petey claims in “The Climber” that “Jesus is a” what?

2. Where does Mary Lou work periodically to help out with the bills in “The Rookers”?

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?

4. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?

5. Rita Jean is worried sick about her cat named what in “Old Things”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when Louise goes to meet with Mr. Priddle in “Still Life with Watermelon”?

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

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

4. Where is Louise Milsap’s husband in the beginning of “Still Life with Watermelon”? Why is he there?

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

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

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

8. Why is the tree being removed in “The Climber”?

9. How is Sandra’s character described in the beginning of “Offerings”?

10. Why did the family agree to draw names for Christmas presents in “Drawing Names”?

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