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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. Who does the little girl tell her mother the peach cobbler belongs to when she is found eating it out of the trash?
(a) Pastor.
(b) Herself.
(c) Her mother.
(d) God.

2. What grade were Eula and her friend in when they first met?
(a) 5th.
(b) 8th.
(c) 2nd.
(d) 10th.

3. What class does Leelee teach on Friday afternoons?
(a) Black History.
(b) Black Women in Literature.
(c) Economics.
(d) Black Feminism.

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

5. In “Peach Cobbler,” what is the girl told she has to do to help the pastor’s son?
(a) Teach him to read.
(b) Tutor him in English.
(c) Tutor him in math.
(d) Clean his room.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Eula cancel her 31st birthday plans with Caroletta?

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?

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

4. What type of alcohol does the little girl’s mother drink when the pastor does not come on Monday in “Peach Cobbler”?

5. What does Eula say about Valentine’s Day which hurts Caroletta’s feelings?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What event compelled the writer to write to her sister Jackie in “Dear Sister”?

4. 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”?

5. What do the woman and man in “Not-Daniel” have in common?

6. What do Olivia and Trevor begin to do during the first few minutes of their tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?

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

8. What are some of the things Leelee says she misses about living down south?

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

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

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