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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” imagine putting in the cobbler before giving it to the pastor?
(a) Nails.
(b) Glass.
(c) Extra peaches.
(d) Hot sauce.

3. Why does the woman refer to the man with whom she is having an affair as Not-Daniel?
(a) She does not like the name Daniel.
(b) She cannot remember his name but it sounds like Daniel.
(c) She has mistaken him for an old high school friend named Daniel.
(d) Her ex-boyfriend’s name was Daniel.

4. What does Eula say about Valentine’s Day which hurts Caroletta’s feelings?
(a) That next Valentine’s Day will be the last one she spends alone.
(b) That she does not believe in Valentine’s Day.
(c) That she does not want to spend Valentine’s Day with Caroletta.
(d) That she does not like the gift Caroletta got her for Valentine’s Day.

5. What year does the short story "Eula" take place?
(a) 2019.
(b) 2009.
(c) 1999.
(d) 1989.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does Eula cancel her 31st birthday plans with Caroletta?

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

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

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