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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “How to Make Love to a Physicist” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the sisters in "Dear Sister" spend most of their summers growing up?
(a) Their mother’s.
(b) Their grandmother's.
(c) Summer camp.
(d) Their father's.

2. What day of the week does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin making peach cobbler while her mother drinks?
(a) Friday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Sunday.

3. In “Peach Cobbler,” what does Olivia bring to the tutoring session after Trevor’s aunt dies?
(a) Homemade pasta.
(b) A fruit basket.
(c) Peach cobbler.
(d) Meatloaf.

4. What happens to Leelee when she arrives at the university on the snow day?
(a) She cannot remember what class she has.
(b) She falls.
(c) She realizes she forgot her papers.
(d) She realizes the school is closed.

5. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," what does Lyra’s therapist encourage her to stop wearing after Lyra deletes Eric’s number for the second time?
(a) Girdles.
(b) Stockings.
(c) Underwear.
(d) A bra.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who approaches the narrator while she stands at her fathers grave after the other mourners have left in "Dear Sister"?

2. What does Lyra decide at 2 a.m. when she considers inviting Eric up to her hotel room, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

3. With whom did Tasheta recently celebrate her fifth anniversary in "Dear Sister"?

4. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” imagine putting in the cobbler before giving it to the pastor?

5. On what day does the narrator say you make love to a physicist?

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