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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the little girl’s mother do with the peach cobbler if the pastor does not show up on Monday?
(a) Gives it to her daughter.
(b) Eats it all herself.
(c) Gives it to the neighbor.
(d) Throws it away.

3. What does Tasheta tell her sister to tell Jackie regarding their father at the beginning of the letter in "Dear Sister"?
(a) That she never met him either.
(b) That she would have loved him.
(c) That he was a good man.
(d) That she did not miss much not having him around.

4. Which of her sisters in "Dear Sister" does the writer assume cannot be pregnant because she gets Depo shots?
(a) Tasheta.
(b) Kimba.
(c) Renee.
(d) Jackie.

5. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?
(a) New Year’s Eve.
(b) Christmas Eve.
(c) Valentine’s Day.
(d) July 4th.

6. Who is Leelee’s father?
(a) A car salesman she has never met.
(b) A police officer.
(c) A church deacon with whom her mother had an affair.
(d) Her mother’s high school sweet heart.

7. What did Leelee and Rhonda drink down South with tons of sugar in it?
(a) Lemonade.
(b) Sun tea.
(c) Koolaid.
(d) Iced Coffee.

8. Why did Leelee and Rhonda move away from the South and to the northern city in which they currently live?
(a) Leelee was going to med school there.
(b) Leelee got a university job.
(c) Rhonda was going to med school there.
(d) Rhonda got a university job.

9. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her she would do if she was smart when she finds her making peach cobbler?
(a) She would study harder.
(b) She would save money.
(c) She would add more peaches.
(d) She would not try to be anything like her mother.

10. Who ruins Eula’s 31st birthday dinner?
(a) Her boyfriend’s estranged wife.
(b) Caroletta.
(c) Caroletta’s boyfriend.
(d) Eula.

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

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

13. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?
(a) Because that is what her mother tells her.
(b) Because her neighbor tells her he is God.
(c) Because that is what he tells her.
(d) Because that is what her mother yells when they are in the bedroom.

14. How old is the little girl in “Peach Cobbler” when she first starts her period?
(a) 13.
(b) 11.
(c) 12.
(d) 10.

15. What does Leelee wake Rhonda to ask her the night before the snowfall?
(a) If she will shovel for them in the morning.
(b) If the heat is on.
(c) If they can cuddle.
(d) If she ever thinks of moving back South.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Rhonda’s mother do when Rhonda was a teen and her mother found out she was gay?

2. What liquor is Tasheta setting up for them when the writer returns to the room after trying to find out who her other sister is in "Dear Sister"?

3. Where did Rhonda work when she bought her first home?

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

5. 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”?

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