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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who approaches the narrator while she stands at her fathers grave after the other mourners have left in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Renee.
(b) Her grandmother.
(c) Her father’s friend.
(d) Uncle Bird.

2. What does Olivia do after she leaves Trevor’s house after their final tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Spends her money.
(b) Writes him a letter.
(c) Cries.
(d) Calls her mother.

3. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her when she asks if she can buy extra peaches to make a cobbler?
(a) She does not have money to waste on her.
(b) She will never being able to cook.
(c) She says she will teach her.
(d) Sure.

4. What grade is the girl in when she “had tired of fighting off boys and gave in” (55)?
(a) 11th.
(b) 10th.
(c) 8th.
(d) 9th.

5. Which sister in "Dear Sister" is the only one with whom the writer shares a mother?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Kimba.
(c) Renee.
(d) Tasheta.

6. What does Olivia say regarding the pastor after she returns home for her final tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) She loves his house.
(b) She does not want him in their house anymore.
(c) His wife is amazing.
(d) She thinks he’s great.

7. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” imagine putting in the cobbler before giving it to the pastor?
(a) Hot sauce.
(b) Nails.
(c) Glass.
(d) Extra peaches.

8. What class does Leelee teach on Friday afternoons?
(a) Black Women in Literature.
(b) Economics.
(c) Black History.
(d) Black Feminism.

9. What grade were Eula and her friend in when they first met?
(a) 2nd.
(b) 8th.
(c) 5th.
(d) 10th.

10. What are Eula and her friend’s occupation?
(a) Freelance writer.
(b) School teacher.
(c) School nurse.
(d) Social worker.

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

12. Where did the sisters in "Dear Sister" spend most of their summers growing up?
(a) Their grandmother's.
(b) Their mother’s.
(c) Summer camp.
(d) Their father's.

13. In "Dear Sister," what is the truth about the one time the sisters' grandmother was wrong about her pregnancy prediction?
(a) That the grandmother was in the early stages of Alzheimer’s.
(b) That the writer had had an abortion.
(c) Kimba was pregnant but did not want to tell anyone right away.
(d) The writer’s youngest sister had had an abortion.

14. Why do the woman and Not-Daniel leave their cell phones on full volume when they are together?
(a) In case they get a call about their mothers.
(b) In case someone they would rather be with calls.
(c) In case their children call.
(d) In case they get an important phone call from work.

15. Why was their father nicknamed Stet in the short story “Dear Sister”?
(a) Because he always wore Stetson cologne.
(b) Because he sold Stetson hats.
(c) Because he wore a stethoscope around his neck.
(d) Because in high school he always wore a Stetson hat.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator ask Not-Daniel if he thought about after they had made love in her car?

2. Where does the woman wait outside of at the start of “Not-Daniel"?

3. Why is the narrator writing the letter in “Dear Sister”?

4. Why does the little girl’s mother not allow her to go to a sleepover at Latasha’s in “Peach Cobbler”?

5. What is the real name of the man for whom the little girl’s mother makes peach cobbler?

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