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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Cleo’s last name in “Old Things”?
(a) Williams
(b) Ross
(c) Watkins
(d) Smith

2. What kind of cigarettes does the narrators say her uncle smoked in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) Camels
(b) Marlboros
(c) Old Golds
(d) Kents

3. Who does Carolyn’s dad say had stomach bypass surgery but that “it didn’t work and they had to fix him back like he was” in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Bill Crittendon
(b) Jack Cleveland
(c) Peewee McClain
(d) Jim Yates

4. In the beginning of “The Retreat,” Georgeann is basting facings on what garment?
(a) A band uniform
(b) A wedding dress
(c) A cheerleader's uniform
(d) A children's choir robe

5. The narrator of “Residents and Transients” says that “there are a few here who think” what place “in Louisville would be the grandest place in the world to be”?
(a) Churchill Downs
(b) The Louisville Slugger Museum
(c) The Louisville Zoo
(d) Waverly Hills

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What do the initials “R.J.W.” stand for in “Old Things”?

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”?

4. Where did Leroy’s tractor-trailer jackknife, causing his leg injury, in “Shiloh”?

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

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