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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “When Eddie Levert Comes” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the woman and Not-Daniel leave their cell phones on full volume when they are together?
(a) In case they get an important phone call from work.
(b) In case they get a call about their mothers.
(c) In case someone they would rather be with calls.
(d) In case their children call.

2. How does the woman tell the man he will leave at the end of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Peacefully.
(c) Beyond satisfied.
(d) Out the back door.

3. What does Nichelle say her grandmother would like to know at the end of her letter in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Who her mother is.
(b) If she is pregnant.
(c) If she will come visit.
(d) If she has married.

4. Why does the grandmother in "Dear Sister" think one of the girls is pregnant when they are staying with her before their father’s funeral?
(a) Because she dreamed her granddaughter was pregnant.
(b) Because she had dreams of babies that week.
(c) Because someone told her one of them was pregnant.
(d) Because she had dreams of fish that week.

5. What is Trevor surprised to learn about the girl when he asks if she had seen the Fat Boys’ video on MTV in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) She thinks MTV is silly.
(b) She does not have cable.
(c) She was in the video.
(d) She hates music.

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. What is the title of the final section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

3. Where are Trevor’s parents the first time he and Olivia make love in “Peach Cobbler”?

4. Who does Mother believe is visiting her that day and every day in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

5. In "Dear Sister," what do the letter writer’s sisters do after she tells them Chauncey tried to ask her out at the funeral?

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