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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. Which of her sisters in "Dear Sister" does the writer assume cannot be pregnant because she gets Depo shots?
2. What school did Kimba, the oldest sister in "Dear Sister," attend for college?
3. What is the only information the girl’s mother has ever given her about who her father is in “Peach Cobbler”?
4. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?
5. Who is Leelee’s father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Briefly describe each of the letter writer’s sisters Kimba, Renee, and Tasheta.
2. What is Leelee‘s relationship like with her mother in “Snowfall”?
3. 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”?
4. What do Olivia and Trevor begin to do during the first few minutes of their tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?
5. 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?
6. How does Olivia feel after the first time she and Trevor are intimate in “Peach Cobbler”?
7. Where are Rhonda and Leelee from, and why are they living in the city now?
8. What happened to Renee one Father’s Day when they were young in “Dear Sister”?
9. What happens in the daughter’s fantasy in which she feeds the pastor her homemade peach cobbler?
10. What event compelled the writer to write to her sister Jackie in “Dear Sister”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Choose one story from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies to analyze. Analyze the symbols and themes from the story and their effectiveness in the story. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the narrative structure of “Jael” in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. What effect does this have on the story and the reader? Use direct examples from the collection to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Several of the short stories in the secret lives of short church ladies include the perspective of the other woman in an affair. Write an essay exploring test theme from the perspective of the other woman in “Peach Cobbler,“ “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands,” and “Not-Daniel.”
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