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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Detroit Skyline, 1949.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?
(a) Kansas
(b) Missouri
(c) Oklahoma
(d) Texas

2. Where does Norma Jean work in "Shiloh"?
(a) K-Mart
(b) Rexall Drugstore
(c) J. C. Penney's
(d) Waffle House

3. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?
(a) Joe Walters
(b) Stevie Hamilton
(c) Petey Crittendon
(d) Jim Yates

4. According to the narrator in “The Rookers,” lately Mack has become obsessed with the weather and likes to compare it to the predictions from where?
(a) His astrological charts
(b) The nightly news weather forecast
(c) The newspaper forecast
(d) The Old Farmer's Almanac

5. What kind of instrument does the narrator say Leroy gave Norma Jean for Christmas in “Shiloh”?
(a) A drum set
(b) A flute
(c) A saxophone
(d) An electric organ

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the narrator in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

2. Whose granddaughter in “The Rookers” is said to have an ovary infection?

3. Who is the girl that the narrator’s aunt invites to spend the day with the narrator during her visit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

4. In what children’s book does the narrator describe a “picture of a child with his guardian angel hovering over him in "Detroit Skyline, 1949"?

5. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?

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