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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 little girl in “Peach Cobbler” see through her window as she walks home from school one Monday?
(a) The pastor hitting her mother.
(b) Her mother and the pastor having sex.
(c) Her mother with a man she had never seen.
(d) Her mother crying.

2. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?
(a) Valentine’s Day.
(b) July 4th.
(c) New Year’s Eve.
(d) Christmas Eve.

3. What kind of car does the pastor’s wife drive in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) A pink Cadillac.
(b) A Tesla.
(c) A red corvette.
(d) A blue Porsche.

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

5. In "Dear Sister," what do the letter writer’s sisters do after she tells them Chauncey tried to ask her out at the funeral?
(a) They drown his food in hot sauce.
(b) They yell at him.
(c) They slash his tires.
(d) They key his car.

Short Answer Questions

1. What grade is the girl in when she “had tired of fighting off boys and gave in” (55)?

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

3. What does Caroletta make for Eula for her 31st birthday dinner?

4. Where did the sisters in "Dear Sister" spend most of their summers growing up?

5. In "Dear Sister," what is the truth about the one time the sisters' grandmother was wrong about her pregnancy prediction?

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