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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caroletta make for Eula for her 31st birthday dinner?
(a) Baked chicken.
(b) Gumbo.
(c) A casserole.
(d) Potato salad.

2. 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) Sure.
(b) She will never being able to cook.
(c) She does not have money to waste on her.
(d) She says she will teach her.

3. What is the only information the girl’s mother has ever given her about who her father is in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) His first name.
(b) Where they met.
(c) His last name.
(d) That he is someone she would not want to know.

4. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” always have for dinner at her house?
(a) Chinese takeout.
(b) Frozen pizza.
(c) Frozen burritos.
(d) TV dinners.

5. Why do the woman and Not-Daniel leave their cell phones on full volume when they are together?
(a) In case their children call.
(b) In case they get a call about their mothers.
(c) In case someone they would rather be with calls.
(d) In case they get an important phone call from work.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Olivia say to Trevor when he pulls away from his mother when she tries to hug him in “Peach Cobbler”?

2. What year does the short story "Eula" take place?

3. 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?

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. Which of her sisters in "Dear Sister" does the writer assume cannot be pregnant because she gets Depo shots?

(see the answer key)

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