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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Residents and Transients.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The narrator’s mother in “Residents and Transients” tells her that what “brings on cancer”?
(a) Hypocrisy
(b) Anger
(c) Heartbreak
(d) Bad food

2. What newscaster does Cleo watch as she listens to Rita Jean on the phone in the beginning of “Old Things”?
(a) Barbara Walters
(b) Alex Jones
(c) Peter Jennings
(d) Tom Brokaw

3. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?
(a) Dolores's
(b) Waldeen's
(c) Louise's
(d) Linda's

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

5. What grandchild of Cleo’s chatters on the phone in “Old Things”?
(a) Julia
(b) Linda
(c) Tammy
(d) Mary

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where is Sandra’s grandmother coming to visit from in “Offerings”?

4. What did Sandra’s maternal grandmother die from in “Offerings”?

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

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