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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Jael” Part I.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do Trevor and the girl begin to do at the beginning of each tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Watch MTV.
(b) Go over his homework.
(c) Gossip.
(d) Make out.

2. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?
(a) Get married.
(b) Live in cold climates.
(c) Date.
(d) Shovel snow.

3. What is Jamie doing when Jael walks by his house after school after the first time she went there?
(a) Drinking a beer.
(b) Walking his dog.
(c) Washing his Cadillac.
(d) Fixing a fence.

4. In "Dear Sister," who do the girls ask to find out who their other sister is after Miss Margaret mentions her?
(a) Renee’s mother.
(b) Their grandmother.
(c) Uncle Bird.
(d) Their aunt.

5. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who Jael describes in her journal at the start of “Jael”?
(a) Sonya.
(b) Sadie.
(c) Sally.
(d) Sylvia.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lyra ignore Eric’s calls when she first gets back from the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

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

3. What does Nichelle say her grandmother would like to know at the end of her letter in "Dear Sister"?

4. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin to sleep at age 11?

5. Who is Leelee’s father?

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