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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. What does Olivia say her mother and the pastor are at the end of “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) In love.
(b) A beautiful couple.
(c) The ugliest.
(d) Meant for each other.

2. What grade is the girl in when she “had tired of fighting off boys and gave in” (55)?
(a) 11th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 10th.

3. What is the only information the girl’s mother has ever given her about who her father is in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) That he is someone she would not want to know.
(b) His first name.
(c) His last name.
(d) Where they met.

4. Which of the sisters in "Dear Sister" still acts as though their father was a good one?
(a) Kimba.
(b) Renee.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Tasheta.

5. What does the pastor’s son, Trevor, do when the girl first goes to his house in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Hugs her.
(b) Tries to kiss her.
(c) Asks her to go on a date.
(d) Stares at her breasts.

Short Answer Questions

1. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?

2. What holiday was it when Renee was disappointed her father did not attend church with them as he had promised in "Dear Sister"?

3. Which sister in "Dear Sister" is the only one with whom the writer shares a mother?

4. What does the narrator ask Not-Daniel if he thought about after they had made love in her car?

5. What day of the week does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin making peach cobbler while her mother drinks?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where are Rhonda and Leelee from, and why are they living in the city now?

2. What do Olivia and Trevor begin to do during the first few minutes of their tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?

3. What do Rhonda and Leelee typically do on snowy days?

4. What does the woman ask Not-Daniel after they have sex in her car and how does he respond?

5. What does the mother in “Peach Cobbler” do if the pastor does not show up on Monday?

6. Briefly describe each of the letter writer’s sisters Kimba, Renee, and Tasheta.

7. What happens in the daughter’s fantasy in which she feeds the pastor her homemade peach cobbler?

8. What does Eula say regarding Valentine’s Day, and how does it make Caroletta feel?

9. What questions does Olivia’s mother ask her when she returns from her first tutoring session at the Neely’s house in “Peach Cobbler”?

10. How does Caroletta feel when Eula asks her if she wants to die a virgin?

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