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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Eula say about Valentine’s Day which hurts Caroletta’s feelings?
(a) That she does not like the gift Caroletta got her for Valentine’s Day.
(b) That she does not believe in Valentine’s Day.
(c) That next Valentine’s Day will be the last one she spends alone.
(d) That she does not want to spend Valentine’s Day with Caroletta.

2. What does the narrator ask Not-Daniel if he thought about after they had made love in her car?
(a) One of their mother's dying.
(b) His wife.
(c) Other women.
(d) His children.

3. In “Peach Cobbler,” what do readers finally learn the girl’s name is when she arrives at the pastor’s house and he answers?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Octavia.
(c) Stella.
(d) Olivia.

4. Why does Granny not hear the large booming sound she describes toward the end of “Jael”?
(a) She has taken sleeping pills and is sound asleep.
(b) She is out of town.
(c) The TV is too loud.
(d) She is at church.

5. What does Granny say she must have tripped over when she fell during an argument with Jael about her getting a job?
(a) The chair.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her rug.
(d) The couch.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of alcohol does the little girl’s mother drink when the pastor does not come on Monday in “Peach Cobbler”?

2. Who does Jael describe kissing in one of her final journal entries?

3. What does granny’s friend Barbara say does not mix when they discuss what happened to Jamie?

4. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?

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

(see the answer key)

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