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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What holiday was it when Renee was disappointed her father did not attend church with them as he had promised in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Easter.
(b) Father’s Day.
(c) Mother’s Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

2. Where did Rhonda work when she bought her first home?
(a) A university.
(b) A mortgage company.
(c) The hospital.
(d) The post office.

3. What do Eula and her friend do after finishing their first bottle of Spumante?
(a) Take a hot shower.
(b) Watch a movie.
(c) Take a nap.
(d) Order Chinese.

4. What happens to Leelee when she arrives at the university on the snow day?
(a) She cannot remember what class she has.
(b) She realizes she forgot her papers.
(c) She realizes the school is closed.
(d) She falls.

5. 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) His wife is amazing.
(c) She thinks he’s great.
(d) She does not want him in their house anymore.

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

7. What does the writer in "Dear Sister" feel embarrassed about with regards to her mother having two children with Stetson?
(a) That the sister with whom she shares a mother is not very kind.
(b) That she is not as intelligent as that sister.
(c) That she is not as pretty as that sister.
(d) That her mother decided to be the same fool twice.

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

9. What kind of car does the pastor’s wife drive in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) A red corvette.
(b) A Tesla.
(c) A blue Porsche.
(d) A pink Cadillac.

10. 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) The pastor hitting her mother.
(c) Her mother and the pastor having sex.
(d) Her mother with a man she had never seen.

11. To whom is the narrator of “Dear Sister” writing at the start of the short story?
(a) Her sister Jackie.
(b) Her aunt.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister Jennifer.

12. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?
(a) Date.
(b) Shovel snow.
(c) Get married.
(d) Live in cold climates.

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

14. What does Leelee recall eating down South, while her family talked about how much weight she gained?
(a) Bread pudding.
(b) Sweet potato pie.
(c) Banana cream pie.
(d) Banana pudding.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In “Peach Cobbler,” how is Monica different from Olivia?

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

4. Why was their father nicknamed Stet in the short story “Dear Sister”?

5. Who ruins Eula’s 31st birthday dinner?

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