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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How tall is the tulip tree said to be in “The Climber”?
(a) 70 feet
(b) 100 feet
(c) 80 feet
(d) 30 feet
2. Who is Louise’s husband with while he’s away in “Still Life with Watermelon”?
(a) Rita Jean Wiggins
(b) Jack Cleveland
(c) Jim Yates
(d) Carolyn Sisson
3. What is Carolyn’s last name in “Drawing Names”?
(a) Walters
(b) Sisson
(c) Turnbow
(d) Stamper
4. How old does the narrator say she was when her mother took her on a long journey North to see the tall buildings of Detroit in the beginning of “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
(a) 12
(b) 7
(c) 9
(d) 14
5. When the narrator and her mother departed for Detroit in “Detroit Skyline, 1949,” the narrator’s father told them “Don’t let” what “get you”?
(a) The Irish
(b) The police
(c) The train conductors
(d) The Polacks
Short Answer Questions
1. The women that come over to play Rook with Mary Lou in “The Rookers” are all what?
2. How big is the television that the narrator’s uncle shows her in his living room in “Detroit Skyline, 1949”?
3. What weight dumbbells does Norma Jean lift to warm up in the beginning of “Shiloh”?
4. What was the name of Leroy and Norma Jean’s baby that died in “Shiloh”?
5. Peggy tells Louise in “Still Life with Watermelon” that what rich collector will buy her pictures of watermelons?
Short Essay Questions
1. What appointment is Dolores worried about in “The Climber”?
2. How does Mary Lou Skaggs help out her husband with his job in “The Rookers”? What is Mack’s job?
3. How does the narrator describe the final years of Sandra’s paternal grandfather in “Offerings”?
4. From what narrative perspective is “Detroit Skyline, 1949” related? How does this narrative point of view compare with that of “Shiloh” and “The Rookers”?
5. What constitutes the basic plot line of “Shiloh”? What is the story essentially about?
6. How is Peggy Wilson described in “Still Life with Watermelon”? What is her relationship to Louise Milsap?
7. How are the central characters in “The Rookers” similar to the central characters in “Shiloh”?
8. How is Sandra’s mother’s relationship with Grandmother Stamper described in “Offerings”?
9. How are the characters of Norma Jean and Leroy described in “Shiloh”?
10. How is Mabel characterized in “Shiloh”? What is Norma Jean’s relationship with Mabel like?
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