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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. What does Leelee tell Rhonda she wants to do when she calls her after the incident at the university?
(a) She wants to quit her job.
(b) She wants to get married.
(c) She wants to go home.
(d) She wants to break up.

2. What does the pastor’s son, Trevor, do when the girl first goes to his house in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Stares at her breasts.
(b) Asks her to go on a date.
(c) Hugs her.
(d) Tries to kiss her.

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

4. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say will happen to his wife should she show up at her house?
(a) The wife will get her feelings hurt.
(b) The woman will lie to his wife.
(c) The woman will beat up the wife.
(d) The woman will call the cops on his wife.

5. Where are Trevor’s parents the first time he and Olivia make love in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) The movies.
(b) Church.
(c) Visiting his sick aunt.
(d) A restaurant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lyra do as soon as her flight lands after the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

2. What does Eula say about Valentine’s Day which hurts Caroletta’s feelings?

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

4. Why did Leelee and Rhonda move away from the South and to the northern city in which they currently live?

5. Why does the daughter feel her “new” mother is preferable to the one she had growing up in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

(see the answer key)

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