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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Peach Cobbler” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her when she asks if she can buy extra peaches to make a cobbler?
(a) She does not have money to waste on her.
(b) Sure.
(c) She says she will teach her.
(d) She will never being able to cook.

2. Why was their father nicknamed Stet in the short story “Dear Sister”?
(a) Because he wore a stethoscope around his neck.
(b) Because he sold Stetson hats.
(c) Because he always wore Stetson cologne.
(d) Because in high school he always wore a Stetson hat.

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

4. What does the narrator learn not to ask her mother about by the time she is six in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Candy.
(b) Her peach cobbler and God.
(c) Money.
(d) Where babies came from.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade were Eula and her friend in when they first met?

2. What do Eula and her friend do after finishing their first bottle of Spumante?

3. Which day of the week does the little girl’s mother always make peach cobbler?

4. What Is one of the things Eula tells Caroletta she plans to do to try to find a husband?

5. What liquor is Tasheta setting up for them when the writer returns to the room after trying to find out who her other sister is in "Dear Sister"?

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