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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Dear Sister” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday was it when Renee was disappointed her father did not attend church with them as he had promised in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Christmas Day.
(b) Father’s Day.
(c) Mother’s Day.
(d) Easter.

2. What does Tasheta tell her sister to tell Jackie regarding their father at the beginning of the letter in "Dear Sister"?
(a) That she would have loved him.
(b) That he was a good man.
(c) That she did not miss much not having him around.
(d) That she never met him either.

3. 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 key his car.
(b) They drown his food in hot sauce.
(c) They yell at him.
(d) They slash his tires.

4. How old is Eula when she and Caroletta first become intimate?
(a) 40.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 18.

5. Why is the narrator writing the letter in “Dear Sister”?
(a) Tell of their grandmother’s death.
(b) Tell of their grandfather’s death.
(c) To tell of their mother’s death.
(d) To tell of their father’s death.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Tasheta recently celebrate her fifth anniversary in "Dear Sister"?

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

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

4. 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"?

5. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?

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