2. What do the initials “R.J.W.” stand for in “Old Things”?
(a) Richard James Wilson
(b) Richard Johnson Wilson
(c) Robert James Wilson
(d) Robert Jacob Watkins

3. Who does Mack claim said that “any man who watches more than a hundred and sixty-eight football games in one year ought to be declared legally dead” in “The Rookers”?
(a) Emma Bombeck
(b) Emily Post
(c) Sally Struthers
(d) Wilson Walters

4. What is the name of Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Tom
(b) Peter
(c) Paul
(d) Jack

5. What is the name of Sandra’s grandfather that died in “Offerings”?
(a) Joe Murdock
(b) Bob Turnbow
(c) Joe Stamper
(d) Kent Ballard

Short Answer Questions

1. The narrator says in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that when she was young she lived “not far from the U.S. highway that took so many Southerners northward to work in the auto industry just after” what war?

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

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

4. 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?

5. How long ago was Carolyn divorced in “Drawing Names”?

(see the answer key)

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