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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rita Jean is worried sick about her cat named what in “Old Things”?
(a) Pretty Tail
(b) Fluffy
(c) Maxwell
(d) Dexter

3. How many years does the narrator say she was away “pursuing higher learning” in “Residents and Transients”?
(a) 8 years
(b) 4 years
(c) 2 years
(d) 3 years

4. According to the narrator of “The Climber,” “Dolores has the Christian channel on only for the” what?
(a) Preaching
(b) Music
(c) Noise
(d) Sermons

5. What did Mack make for Mary Lou for their twenty-fifth anniversary from scrap pine in “The Rookers”?
(a) A dinner table
(b) A bookshelf
(c) A card table
(d) A coffee table

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in “Old Things,” “After her husband died, [Cleo] moved to town, to a little brick house with a dishwasher and” what?

2. What is the last name of Rita Jean in “Old Things”?

3. Why does the narrator say she returned to Kentucky in “Residents and Transients”?

4. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” “Mack said old people gave him the creeps, the way they talked about” what?

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

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