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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Dear Sister," who do the girls ask to find out who their other sister is after Miss Margaret mentions her?
(a) Renee’s mother.
(b) Their grandmother.
(c) Their aunt.
(d) Uncle Bird.

2. 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) Olivia.
(b) Jackie.
(c) Stella.
(d) Octavia.

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

4. What do the woman and Not-Daniel have in common?
(a) They are both college professors.
(b) They are both married.
(c) They have two children.
(d) Their mothers are dying.

5. Where does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” get her first job at age 14?
(a) A shoe store.
(b) The movie theater.
(c) A diner.
(d) An office.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator learn not to ask her mother about by the time she is six in “Peach Cobbler”?

2. What class does Leelee teach on Friday afternoons?

3. What did Leelee and Rhonda drink down South with tons of sugar in it?

4. What does Leelee say about the space her mother has for her in her life?

5. What does Olivia say her mother and the pastor are at the end of “Peach Cobbler”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What questions does Olivia’s mother ask her when she returns from her first tutoring session at the Neely’s house in “Peach Cobbler”?

2. What example does the letter writer use to show Jackie how her sisters are “the best sisters you could ask for” (34)?

3. What does Rhonda do for Leelee at the end of “Snowfall“ after they return home from work on the snowy day?

4. What impression did Olivia get of Marilyn the first time she went over to tutor Trevor in “Peach Cobbler”?

5. How long have Eula and Caroletta been meeting at a hotel to celebrate New Year’s Eve?

6. How does Caroletta feel when Eula asks her if she wants to die a virgin?

7. What does the narrator of “Dear Sister” feel is the only good thing her father ever did for her and her sisters?

8. What does the woman see when she looks into Not-Daniel's eyes after he first gets into her car toward the end of “Not-Daniel”?

9. What does the little girl feel when her mother and the pastor always leave her room laughing?

10. What do Rhonda and Leelee typically do on snowy days?

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