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

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 break up.
(b) She wants to quit her job.
(c) She wants to get married.
(d) She wants to go home.

2. What does Olivia say to Trevor when he pulls away from his mother when she tries to hug him in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Does your mother always try to hug you?
(b) How embarrassing.
(c) She wishes her mother would hug her.
(d) He should let his mother hug him if she wants to.

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

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

5. What does Nichelle say her grandmother would like to know at the end of her letter in "Dear Sister"?
(a) Who her mother is.
(b) If she is pregnant.
(c) If she has married.
(d) If she will come visit.

6. Where does the woman wait outside of at the start of “Not-Daniel"?
(a) Her boyfriend’s work.
(b) A nursing home.
(c) A hospice center.
(d) Her mothers home.

7. What Is one of the things Eula tells Caroletta she plans to do to try to find a husband?
(a) Go on a blind date.
(b) Let her mother fix her up with somebody.
(c) Sign up for a dating app.
(d) Join the church singles softball team.

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

9. In “Peach Cobbler,” what does Olivia bring to the tutoring session after Trevor’s aunt dies?
(a) Peach cobbler.
(b) Meatloaf.
(c) Homemade pasta.
(d) A fruit basket.

10. In "Dear Sister," what do the letter writer’s sisters do after she tells them Chauncey tried to ask her out at the funeral?
(a) They drown his food in hot sauce.
(b) They yell at him.
(c) They key his car.
(d) They slash his tires.

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

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

14. 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) Trevor’s cell number.
(c) The pastor’s phone number.
(d) The name of her real father.

15. What day of the week does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin making peach cobbler while her mother drinks?
(a) Saturday.
(b) Monday.
(c) Sunday.
(d) Friday.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Rhonda say “Black women aren’t meant to” (75) do at the start of “Snowfall”?

2. What is the only information the girl’s mother has ever given her about who her father is in “Peach Cobbler”?

3. In “Peach Cobbler,” what do readers finally learn the girl’s name is when she arrives at the pastor’s house and he answers?

4. Which of the sisters in "Dear Sister" still acts as though their father was a good one?

5. What does Caroletta tell Eula she feels God does not want people to do for decades and decades?

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