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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?
2. What is the name of the narrator’s aunt in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that she and her mother went to visit in Detroit when she was young?
3. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?
4. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
5. What is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does Linda respond when Cleo implies she’s old by saying “I’m not sixteen anymore” in “Old Things”?
2. How is Peggy Wilson described in “Still Life with Watermelon”? What is her relationship to Louise Milsap?
3. What memories of her grandmother’s farm does Sandra recollect in “Offerings”?
4. Where is Louise Milsap’s husband in the beginning of “Still Life with Watermelon”? Why is he there?
5. What news does Cleo Watkins relate on the phone to her friend in the beginning of “Old Things”?
6. What appointment is Dolores worried about in “The Climber”?
7. How is Petey’s character described in “The Climber”?
8. How are Louise’s watermelon paintings described in the beginning of “Still Life with Watermelon”?
9. From what narrative perspective is “Detroit Skyline, 1949” related? How does this narrative point of view compare with that of “Shiloh” and “The Rookers”?
10. What are Cleo’s thoughts on Shirley in “Old Things”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Discuss narrative style of the story “Shiloh.” What is the person and tense of the narrative? Why do you think the author chose this narrative style? How does the author’s language style inform the reader about the characters?
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the themes of identity, transition, and communication in “Offerings.” How does the author depict the communication between Sandra, her mother, and her grandmother in the story? What do each of these characters represent symbolically related to the theme of transition?
Essay Topic 3
Examine the narrative style of “Detroit Skyline, 1949.” Why do you think the author chose to relate this story from a first person perspective? How does the tone of the story differ from that of “Shiloh” and “The Rookers”? How does the language style of the story compare?
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