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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Olivia notice on the hall table while eating with Trevor and his mother after his aunt died in “Peach Cobbler”?
2. In "Dear Sister," what is the truth about the one time the sisters' grandmother was wrong about her pregnancy prediction?
3. Who approaches the narrator while she stands at her fathers grave after the other mourners have left in "Dear Sister"?
4. What does Miz Marilyn make them the first time Trevor kisses the girl in “Peach Cobbler”?
5. What holiday was it when Renee was disappointed her father did not attend church with them as he had promised in "Dear Sister"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rhonda do for Leelee at the end of “Snowfall“ after they return home from work on the snowy day?
2. What does the woman ask Not-Daniel after they have sex in her car and how does he respond?
3. Where are Rhonda and Leelee from, and why are they living in the city now?
4. What do the woman and man in “Not-Daniel” have in common?
5. What does Eula say regarding Valentine’s Day, and how does it make Caroletta feel?
6. What does the little girl feel when her mother and the pastor always leave her room laughing?
7. How does Olivia feel after seeing the picture of Trevor and his girlfriend at the prom at the end of “Peach Cobbler”?
8. What is Leelee‘s relationship like with her mother in “Snowfall”?
9. How does the mother respond when she learns her daughter thinks the pastor is God?
10. What example does the letter writer use to show Jackie how her sisters are “the best sisters you could ask for” (34)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Mother/ daughter relationships are explores in several of the short stories in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Choose 2-3 stories and explore the theme of mother-daughter relationships within the context of each story. Compare and contrast this theme from each of the stories you choose.
Essay Topic 2
Unfaithful married men appear in several of the short stories in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Write an essay exploring the theme of infidelity among married men in at least two of the stories in the collection.
Essay Topic 3
Choose one story from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies and analyze your emotional reaction to the story as a whole, or to a particular scene from the story. What emotions did you feel while reading that story or scene? What words or symbols evoked that particular emotion? Do you think these emotions were what the author intended?
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