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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) The nightly news weather forecast
(b) The newspaper forecast
(c) The Old Farmer's Almanac
(d) His astrological charts

2. What newspaper does Bill read every night in “The Ocean”?
(a) The Democrat-Gazette
(b) The Sun-Democrat
(c) The New York Times
(d) The Chicago Tribune

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

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

5. What is the name of Sandra’s estranged husband in “Offerings”?
(a) Peter
(b) Joe
(c) Jerry
(d) Jack

Short Answer Questions

1. Kent drives a truck for what company in “Drawing Names”?

2. What word does the narrator’s play date pronounce “with two syllables” in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?

3. The narrator says in “Residents and Transients,” “I complained for weeks about living with houses in view. I need” what?

4. What is the narrator’s husband’s name in “Residents and Transients”?

5. Carolyn works as a sales clerk at what store in “Drawing Names”?

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