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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Peach Cobbler” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday was it when Renee was disappointed her father did not attend church with them as he had promised in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Mother’s Day.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Father’s Day.
(d) Easter.

2. In "Dear Sister," what is the truth about the one time the sisters' grandmother was wrong about her pregnancy prediction?
(a) That the writer had had an abortion.
(b) That the grandmother was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.
(c) The writer’s youngest sister had had an abortion.
(d) Kimba was pregnant but did not want to tell anyone right away.

3. What does the little girl’s mother do with the peach cobbler if the pastor does not show up on Monday?
(a) Throws it away.
(b) Gives it to the neighbor.
(c) Gives it to her daughter.
(d) Eats it all herself.

4. How old is the little girl in “Peach Cobbler” when she first starts her period?
(a) 11.
(b) 12.
(c) 13.
(d) 10.

5. How old is Eula when she and Caroletta first become intimate?
(a) 40.
(b) 30.
(c) 18.
(d) 20.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the little girl’s mother not allow her to go to a sleepover at Latasha’s in “Peach Cobbler”?

2. Where did the sisters in "Dear Sister" spend most of their summers growing up?

3. What grade were Eula and her friend in when they first met?

4. What does the narrator learn not to ask her mother about by the time she is six in “Peach Cobbler”?

5. Which of the sisters in "Dear Sister" still acts as though their father was a good one?

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