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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which of the sisters in "Dear Sister" still acts as though their father was a good one?
(a) Renee.
(b) Tasheta.
(c) Jackie.
(d) Kimba.

2. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” begin to sleep at age 11?
(a) The living room.
(b) The bedroom floor.
(c) Her friend’s house.
(d) Her father’s house.

3. What is the real name of the man for whom the little girl’s mother makes peach cobbler?
(a) Pastor Nelson.
(b) Pastor McFeely.
(c) Pastor Jacobs.
(d) Pastor Neely.

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

5. What does the little girl in “Peach Cobbler” see through her window as she walks home from school one Monday?
(a) Her mother and the pastor having sex.
(b) Her mother with a man she had never seen.
(c) The pastor hitting her mother.
(d) Her mother crying.

6. What does Miz Marilyn make them the first time Trevor kisses the girl in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) Spaghetti.
(b) Cold cuts.
(c) Grilled cheese.
(d) Pie.

7. 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 dreamed her granddaughter was pregnant.
(b) Because someone told her one of them was pregnant.
(c) Because she had dreams of babies that week.
(d) Because she had dreams of fish that week.

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

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

10. In “Peach Cobbler,” what do readers finally learn the girl’s name is when she arrives at the pastor’s house and he answers?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Olivia.
(c) Stella.
(d) Octavia.

11. 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 her mother yells when they are in the bedroom.
(d) Because that is what he tells her.

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

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

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

15. 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 wore a stethoscope around his neck.
(c) Because he always wore Stetson cologne.
(d) Because he sold Stetson hats.

Short Answer Questions

1. With whom did Tasheta recently celebrate her fifth anniversary in "Dear Sister"?

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

3. What is Leelee’s full name, which Rhonda only calls her when she is mad at her?

4. Why has Leelee’s mother distanced herself from her daughter, whom she had once told she could not imagine life without?

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

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