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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Leelee recall eating down South, while her family talked about how much weight she gained?
(a) Bread pudding.
(b) Sweet potato pie.
(c) Banana cream pie.
(d) Banana pudding.

2. To whom is the narrator of “Dear Sister” writing at the start of the short story?
(a) Her sister Jackie.
(b) Her mother.
(c) Her aunt.
(d) Her sister Jennifer.

3. What is one of the lies Renee would tell her friends about her father in "Dear Sister"?
(a) That he is the richest man in the country.
(b) That he is a famous actor.
(c) That he is a famous musician.
(d) That he takes her to the Bahamas.

4. What does the writer in "Dear Sister" feel embarrassed about with regards to her mother having two children with Stetson?
(a) That her mother decided to be the same fool twice.
(b) That she is not as pretty as that sister.
(c) That the sister with whom she shares a mother is not very kind.
(d) That she is not as intelligent as that sister.

5. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin to sleep at age 11?
(a) The bedroom floor.
(b) Her father’s house.
(c) The living room.
(d) Her friend’s house.

6. What day of the week does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin making peach cobbler while her mother drinks?
(a) Monday.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Friday.
(d) Sunday.

7. What does Caroletta make for Eula for her 31st birthday dinner?
(a) Gumbo.
(b) A casserole.
(c) Baked chicken.
(d) Potato salad.

8. How old were Leelee and Rhonda when they met?
(a) 30.
(b) 16.
(c) 35.
(d) 20.

9. In "Dear Sister," who do the girls ask to find out who their other sister is after Miss Margaret mentions her?
(a) Uncle Bird.
(b) Their aunt.
(c) Renee’s mother.
(d) Their grandmother.

10. What do Eula and her friend do after finishing their first bottle of Spumante?
(a) Watch a movie.
(b) Take a nap.
(c) Order Chinese.
(d) Take a hot shower.

11. What does Leelee say about the space her mother has for her in her life?
(a) It is not big enough for two.
(b) It is suffocating.
(c) It is gone.
(d) It is vast.

12. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her she would do if she was smart when she finds her making peach cobbler?
(a) She would add more peaches.
(b) She would not try to be anything like her mother.
(c) She would save money.
(d) She would study harder.

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

14. What does the narrator ask Not-Daniel if he thought about after they had made love in her car?
(a) His wife.
(b) One of their mother's dying.
(c) His children.
(d) Other women.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?

2. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?

3. What does Olivia notice on the hall table while eating with Trevor and his mother after his aunt died in “Peach Cobbler”?

4. Who ruins Eula’s 31st birthday dinner?

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

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