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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. Which sister in "Dear Sister" is the only one with whom the writer shares a mother?
(a) Jackie.
(b) Tasheta.
(c) Kimba.
(d) Renee.

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

3. What is one of the lies Renee would tell her friends about her father in "Dear Sister"?
(a) That he takes her to the Bahamas.
(b) That he is the richest man in the country.
(c) That he is a famous actor.
(d) That he is a famous musician.

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

5. How old were Leelee and Rhonda when they met?
(a) 35.
(b) 20.
(c) 16.
(d) 30.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the sisters in "Dear Sister" spend most of their summers growing up?

2. What year does the short story "Eula" take place?

3. What does Olivia say regarding the pastor after she returns home for her final tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?

4. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?

5. In “Peach Cobbler,” what is written on the paper the girl’s mother hands her one day after Pastor Neely had gone home?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What happens in the daughter’s fantasy in which she feeds the pastor her homemade peach cobbler?

4. What does Eula say regarding Valentine’s Day, and how does it make Caroletta feel?

5. 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”?

6. In “Peach Cobbler,” what was on the piece of paper the narrator’s mother handed her after the pastor left one day and why was it there?

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

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

9. Why does the narrator’s mother refuse to let her go to Latasha’s sleepover in “Peach Cobbler”?

10. What are Rhonda and Leelee doing to get ready for work at the beginning of “Snowfall”?

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