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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 is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Yates
(b) Turnbow
(c) Milsap
(d) Wilson
2. What is Leroy’s last name in “Shiloh”?
(a) Cashon
(b) Wilson
(c) Skaggs
(d) Moffitt
3. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?
(a) Edda Griffin's
(b) Boone Cashon's
(c) Peggy Wilson's
(d) Sharon Belletieri's
4. Petey claims in “The Climber” that “Jesus is a” what?
(a) Savior
(b) Leader
(c) Vampire
(d) Zombie
5. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
(a) Policewomen
(b) Schoolteachers
(c) Having secret affairs
(d) Widows
Short Answer Questions
1. How many children does Dolores have in “The Climber”?
2. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?
3. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?
4. Who is Louise’s husband with while he’s away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
5. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How is the journey to Detroit described in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”? How do Peggy Jo and her mother get there?
2. What happens when Louise goes to meet with Mr. Priddle in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
3. How is Peggy Wilson described in “Still Life with Watermelon”? What is her relationship to Louise Milsap?
4. How does Mary Lou Skaggs help out her husband with his job in “The Rookers”? What is Mack’s job?
5. What appointment is Dolores worried about in “The Climber”?
6. How does the narrator describe the final years of Sandra’s paternal grandfather in “Offerings”?
7. What memories of her grandmother’s farm does Sandra recollect in “Offerings”?
8. Why did the family agree to draw names for Christmas presents in “Drawing Names”?
9. What constitutes the basic plot line of “Shiloh”? What is the story essentially about?
10. What are Cleo’s thoughts on Shirley in “Old Things”?
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