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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What year does the short story "Eula" take place?
(a) 2009.
(b) 2019.
(c) 1989.
(d) 1999.
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 the neighbor.
(b) Throws it away.
(c) Gives it to her daughter.
(d) Eats it all herself.
3. How old is Eula when she and Caroletta first become intimate?
(a) 30.
(b) 18.
(c) 20.
(d) 40.
4. What does the little girl in “Peach Cobbler” see through her window as she walks home from school one Monday?
(a) Her mother crying.
(b) Her mother and the pastor having sex.
(c) Her mother with a man she had never seen.
(d) The pastor hitting her mother.
5. What TV show do Leelee and Rhonda binge watch on snowy days?
(a) Game of Thrones.
(b) The Office.
(c) Parks and Rec.
(d) X-Files.
6. What does Olivia notice on the hall table while eating with Trevor and his mother after his aunt died in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) A letter from her mother.
(b) A picture of her mother.
(c) A picture of Trevor’s aunt.
(d) A picture of Trevor and his prom date.
7. 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.
8. Why was their father nicknamed Stet in the short story “Dear Sister”?
(a) Because in high school he always wore a Stetson hat.
(b) Because he always wore Stetson cologne.
(c) Because he wore a stethoscope around his neck.
(d) Because he sold Stetson hats.
9. 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.
10. What does the narrator ask Not-Daniel if he thought about after they had made love in her car?
(a) His wife.
(b) His children.
(c) Other women.
(d) One of their mother's dying.
11. With whom did Tasheta recently celebrate her fifth anniversary in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Her girlfriend.
(b) Her husband
(c) Her high school sweetheart..
(d) One of her married boyfriends.
12. What type of alcohol does the little girl’s mother drink when the pastor does not come on Monday in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Smirnoff.
(b) Patron.
(c) Grey Goose.
(d) Tanqueray.
13. 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 fish that week.
(b) Because she had dreams of babies that week.
(c) Because she dreamed her granddaughter was pregnant.
(d) Because someone told her one of them was pregnant.
14. What school did Kimba, the oldest sister in "Dear Sister," attend for college?
(a) Princeton.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Yale.
(d) Penn State.
15. In “Peach Cobbler,” what is written on the paper the girl’s mother hands her one day after Pastor Neely had gone home?
(a) The Neely’s address.
(b) The pastor’s phone number.
(c) The name of her real father.
(d) Trevor’s cell number.
Short Answer Questions
1. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?
2. What is one of the lies Renee would tell her friends about her father in "Dear Sister"?
3. What does Nichelle say her grandmother would like to know at the end of her letter in "Dear Sister"?
4. What happens to Leelee when she arrives at the university on the snow day?
5. Who ruins Eula’s 31st birthday dinner?
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