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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. What type of alcohol does the little girl’s mother drink when the pastor does not come on Monday in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Tanqueray.
(b) Smirnoff.
(c) Grey Goose.
(d) Patron.

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

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

4. What grade is the girl in when she “had tired of fighting off boys and gave in” (55)?
(a) 10th.
(b) 11th.
(c) 9th.
(d) 8th.

5. What does Leelee tell Rhonda she wants to do when she calls her after the incident at the university?
(a) She wants to get married.
(b) She wants to quit her job.
(c) She wants to break up.
(d) She wants to go home.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” always have for dinner at her house?

2. What does the little girl in “Peach Cobbler” see through her window as she walks home from school one Monday?

3. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," how often do Eric and Lyra speak once she finally returns his calls?

4. What does the writer in "Dear Sister" feel embarrassed about with regards to her mother having two children with Stetson?

5. What is one of the lies Renee would tell her friends about her father in "Dear Sister"?

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