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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Leelee say about the space her mother has for her in her life?
2. What year does the short story "Eula" take place?
3. How old were Leelee and Rhonda when they met?
4. In “Peach Cobbler,” what does Olivia bring to the tutoring session after Trevor’s aunt dies?
5. Who does the little girl tell her mother the peach cobbler belongs to when she is found eating it out of the trash?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the things Leelee says she misses about living down south?
2. Briefly describe each of the letter writer’s sisters Kimba, Renee, and Tasheta.
3. Where are Rhonda and Leelee from, and why are they living in the city now?
4. What does the narrator of “Dear Sister” feel is the only good thing her father ever did for her and her sisters?
5. What does the woman ask Not-Daniel after they have sex in her car and how does he respond?
6. How does Olivia feel after the first time she and Trevor are intimate in “Peach Cobbler”?
7. What questions does Olivia’s mother ask her when she returns from her first tutoring session at the Neely’s house in “Peach Cobbler”?
8. What example does the letter writer use to show Jackie how her sisters are “the best sisters you could ask for” (34)?
9. What does the little girl feel when her mother and the pastor always leave her room laughing?
10. 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?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay explaining the significance of the title of The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. How does the title support the overall narrative tone and theme of the short story collection?
Essay Topic 2
Write an analysis of Tony’s character in “When Eddie Levert Comes.” Who is he? What relationship does he have with Daughter? Why does he have the relationship he has with Daughter? What purpose does the relationship serve for him and for her? How are there needs different and how are they the same?
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay about the sensory details used in “Snowfall.” Be sure to explain the deeper meaning and thematic significance of these details.
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