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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old was Leelee’s mother when she had her?
(a) 21.
(b) 31.
(c) 41.
(d) 17.

2. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” get her first job at age 14?
(a) An office.
(b) A diner.
(c) The movie theater.
(d) A shoe store.

3. Why does the woman refer to the man with whom she is having an affair as Not-Daniel?
(a) Her ex-boyfriend’s name was Daniel.
(b) She cannot remember his name but it sounds like Daniel.
(c) She has mistaken him for an old high school friend named Daniel.
(d) She does not like the name Daniel.

4. Why has Leelee’s mother distanced herself from her daughter, whom she had once told she could not imagine life without?
(a) Because her mother’s boyfriend does not like her.
(b) Because she moved.
(c) Because she is gay.
(d) Because of her career choice.

5. What does the writer in "Dear Sister" feel embarrassed about with regards to her mother having two children with Stetson?
(a) That her mother decided to be the same fool twice.
(b) That the sister with whom she shares a mother is not very kind.
(c) That she is not as intelligent as that sister.
(d) That she is not as pretty as that sister.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Where are Trevor’s parents the first time he and Olivia make love in “Peach Cobbler”?

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

5. In “Peach Cobbler,” how is Monica different from Olivia?

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