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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Rhonda work when she bought her first home?
(a) A mortgage company.
(b) The post office.
(c) The hospital.
(d) A university.

2. What do Trevor and the girl begin to do at the beginning of each tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Gossip.
(b) Watch MTV.
(c) Go over his homework.
(d) Make out.

3. Why has Leelee’s mother distanced herself from her daughter, whom she had once told she could not imagine life without?
(a) Because her mother’s boyfriend does not like her.
(b) Because she moved.
(c) Because she is gay.
(d) Because of her career choice.

4. What liquor is Tasheta setting up for them when the writer returns to the room after trying to find out who her other sister is in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Vodka.
(b) Whiskey.
(c) Tequila.
(d) Gin.

5. In “Peach Cobbler,” what do readers finally learn the girl’s name is when she arrives at the pastor’s house and he answers?
(a) Olivia.
(b) Stella.
(c) Octavia.
(d) Jackie.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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”?

2. To whom is the narrator of “Dear Sister” writing at the start of the short story?

3. What school did Kimba, the oldest sister in "Dear Sister," attend for college?

4. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin to sleep at age 11?

5. Which of her sisters in "Dear Sister" does the writer assume cannot be pregnant because she gets Depo shots?

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