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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Jael” Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?
(a) Live in cold climates.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Get married.
(d) Date.

2. In “Peach Cobbler,” how is Monica different from Olivia?
(a) She is a good student.
(b) She is wealthy.
(c) She goes to private school.
(d) She is tall.

3. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” get her first job at age 14?
(a) A diner.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) A shoe store.
(d) An office.

4. 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) Eats it all herself.
(c) Gives it to the neighbor.
(d) Throws it away.

5. 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 Granny say she is going to tell Jael she needs to do after she told her she made “shitty crabs” (129)?

2. What objects of his dead mother are all over Jamie’s house?

3. In “Peach Cobbler,” what is the girl told she has to do to help the pastor’s son?

4. What does Jael feel about Sadie when she speaks to her at church?

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

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