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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 subjects does the narrator of "How to Make Love to A Physicist" assume the man she sees teaches based on his “face and baby dreads” (95)?
(a) Science or ELA.
(b) Literature or Economics.
(c) Poetry or math.
(d) Poetry or Physics.

2. Who approaches the narrator while she stands at her fathers grave after the other mourners have left in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Her father’s friend.
(b) Uncle Bird.
(c) Her grandmother.
(d) Renee.

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

4. 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) Jackie.
(d) Octavia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of alcohol does the little girl’s mother drink when the pastor does not come on Monday in “Peach Cobbler”?

2. What is the real name of the man for whom the little girl’s mother makes peach cobbler?

3. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her when she asks if she can buy extra peaches to make a cobbler?

4. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her she would do if she was smart when she finds her making peach cobbler?

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

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