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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the narrator of “The Climber,” “Dolores has the Christian channel on only for the” what?
(a) Preaching
(b) Music
(c) Noise
(d) Sermons

2. Louise’s husband in “Still Life with Watermelon” is currently where?
(a) Oklahoma
(b) Texas
(c) Arkansas
(d) Mississippi

3. Who is Leroy reminded of as he watches Norma Jean lift weights in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
(a) Mighty Mouse
(b) Marilyn Monroe
(c) Wonder Woman
(d) Batgirl

4. How many children do Mary Lou and Mack have in “The Rookers”?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 5
(d) 4

5. Carolyn works as a sales clerk at what store in “Drawing Names”?
(a) K-Mart
(b) Macy's
(c) Wal-Mart
(d) J.C. Penney's

6. What is Peggy’s last name in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Wilson
(b) Martin
(c) Ballard
(d) Skaggs

7. What is Mary Lou’s last name in “The Rookers”?
(a) Belletieri
(b) Cashon
(c) Skaggs
(d) Wilson

8. What colors are the cheerleader outfits that Cleo is sewing in “Old Things”?
(a) Purple and gold
(b) Red and blue
(c) Red and gray
(d) White and yellow

9. Who is the teenager that Leroy buys weed from in “Shiloh”?
(a) Petey Crittendon
(b) Jim Yates
(c) Stevie Hamilton
(d) Joe Walters

10. Rita Jean is worried sick about her cat named what in “Old Things”?
(a) Pretty Tail
(b) Dexter
(c) Maxwell
(d) Fluffy

11. Carolyn’s mother tells her they’re having what for Christmas dinner instead of turkey in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Baked ham
(b) Boiled liver
(c) Fried chicken
(d) Chinese takeout

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

13. 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?
(a) Hypocrisy
(b) Belief
(c) Greed
(d) Sermons

14. 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?
(a) World War I
(b) World War II
(c) The Korean War
(d) The Vietnam War

15. What word from “Still Life with Watermelon” refers to a horn containing food, drink, etc. in endless supply?
(a) Utopia
(b) Menagerie
(c) Columbine
(d) Cornucopia

Short Answer Questions

1. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?

2. What is the name of the narrator’s brother in “Detroit Skyline, 1949” that is 2 when she visits Detroit with her mother?

3. How many years does the narrator say Leroy has spent on the road prior to his accident in Shiloh?

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

5. Who’s car does Cleo say is “here all the time” in “Old Things”?

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