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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “When Eddie Levert Comes” .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the grandmother in "Dear Sister" think one of the girls is pregnant when they are staying with her before their father’s funeral?
(a) Because she had dreams of babies that week.
(b) Because she dreamed her granddaughter was pregnant.
(c) Because she had dreams of fish that week.
(d) Because someone told her one of them was pregnant.

2. Which of Daughter’s brothers died from drugs use in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Rico.
(c) Tony.
(d) Bruce.

3. On what day does the narrator say you make love to a physicist?
(a) Valentine’s Day.
(b) Christmas Day.
(c) Pi Day.
(d) On a snow day.

4. What is Trevor surprised to learn about the girl when he asks if she had seen the Fat Boys’ video on MTV in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) She was in the video.
(b) She thinks MTV is silly.
(c) She hates music.
(d) She does not have cable.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?

4. What does Eric say when Lyra asks if he thinks God cares about how people treat other people, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

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

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