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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How tall is the tulip tree said to be in “The Climber”?
(a) 80 feet
(b) 70 feet
(c) 100 feet
(d) 30 feet

2. What is Louise’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Turnbow
(b) Wilson
(c) Yates
(d) Milsap

3. Where does Shelby take Georgeann to eat on the night of their senior prom in “The Retreat”?
(a) The Wal-Mart snack bar
(b) Burger King
(c) McDonald's
(d) Kentucky Fried Chicken

4. The narrator of “Offerings” says Sandra “grows vegetables and counts her” what?
(a) Dogs
(b) Boyfriends
(c) Cats
(d) Blessings

5. Dolores’s friend is said to have gone to a dude ranch where when an earthquake was predicted for western Kentucky in “The Climber”?
(a) Maine
(b) Arizona
(c) Arkansas
(d) California

Short Answer Questions

1. What ship that had been sunk at Pearl Harbor does Bill think about as he tries to sleep in the camper in “The Ocean”?

2. According to the narrator in “The Ocean,” “Bill was an expert driver. He knew every road and cow path and Indian trail” where?

3. When Mack refurbished an old church pew into a dinette booth for some neighbors in “The Rookers,” the sanding took days and Mack claimed, “I’m sanding off layers of” what?

4. What was the name of Leroy and Norma Jean’s baby that died in “Shiloh”?

5. Sandra’s mother never told Sandra’s paternal grandmother about having what surgery in “Offerings”?

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