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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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”?
(a) 14
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 12

2. The narrator says in the beginning of “Offerings” that Sandra’s maternal grandmother died at what age?
(a) 41
(b) 32
(c) 30
(d) 26

3. 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"?
(a) The Princess and the Pea
(b) Aesop's Fairy Tales
(c) The Curious Rabbit
(d) Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories

4. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
(a) Policewomen
(b) Having secret affairs
(c) Schoolteachers
(d) Widows

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How long ago did Leroy injure his leg in a highway accident in the beginning of “Shiloh”?

2. Where do Leroy and Norma Jean live in “Shiloh”?

3. What kind of cigarettes does the narrators say her uncle smoked in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

4. How long has it been since Sandra has mown her yard when her grandmother visits in “Offerings”?

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

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