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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. Why does the grandmother in "Dear Sister" think one of the girls is pregnant when they are staying with her before their father’s funeral?
(a) Because someone told her one of them was pregnant.
(b) Because she dreamed her granddaughter was pregnant.
(c) Because she had dreams of fish that week.
(d) Because she had dreams of babies that week.

2. Which of her sisters in "Dear Sister" does the writer assume cannot be pregnant because she gets Depo shots?
(a) Kimba.
(b) Renee.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Tasheta.

3. With whom did Tasheta recently celebrate her fifth anniversary in "Dear Sister"?
(a) One of her married boyfriends.
(b) Her husband
(c) Her high school sweetheart..
(d) Her girlfriend.

4. Where are Trevor’s parents the first time he and Olivia make love in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Church.
(b) Visiting his sick aunt.
(c) The movies.
(d) A restaurant.

5. In “Peach Cobbler,” what does the girl’s mother say when the girl tries giving her the money she earned at the pastor’s house?
(a) Is that it?
(b) I hope you earned it.
(c) That she can keep it.
(d) Thanks.

Short Answer 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)?

2. What does Eric say when Lyra asks if he thinks God cares about how people treat other people, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

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

4. Where did Rhonda work when she bought her first home?

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

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