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

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

3. In "Dear Sister," what is the truth about the one time the sisters' grandmother was wrong about her pregnancy prediction?
(a) That the grandmother was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.
(b) That the writer had had an abortion.
(c) Kimba was pregnant but did not want to tell anyone right away.
(d) The writer’s youngest sister had had an abortion.

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

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) I hope you earned it.
(b) Thanks.
(c) That she can keep it.
(d) Is that it?

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask Not-Daniel if he thought about after they had made love in her car?

2. In “Peach Cobbler,” what is written on the paper the girl’s mother hands her one day after Pastor Neely had gone home?

3. Who does the little girl tell her mother the peach cobbler belongs to when she is found eating it out of the trash?

4. What does Tasheta tell her sister to tell Jackie regarding their father at the beginning of the letter in "Dear Sister"?

5. What does Miz Marilyn make them the first time Trevor kisses the girl in “Peach Cobbler”?

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