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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. In “Peach Cobbler,” how is Monica different from Olivia?
2. What is Leelee’s full name, which Rhonda only calls her when she is mad at her?
3. In "Dear Sister," what do the letter writer’s sisters do after she tells them Chauncey tried to ask her out at the funeral?
4. What does the girl in “Peach Cobbler” imagine putting in the cobbler before giving it to the pastor?
5. What TV show do Leelee and Rhonda binge watch on snowy days?
Short Essay Questions
1. What event compelled the writer to write to her sister Jackie in “Dear Sister”?
2. What do Rhonda and Leelee typically do on snowy days?
3. What happens in the daughter’s fantasy in which she feeds the pastor her homemade peach cobbler?
4. Why does the narrator’s mother refuse to let her go to Latasha’s sleepover in “Peach Cobbler”?
5. Where are Rhonda and Leelee from, and why are they living in the city now?
6. For whom does the narrator’s mother make peach cobbler every Monday in the story “Peach Cobbler”?
7. What is Leelee‘s relationship like with her mother in “Snowfall”?
8. What does the narrator of “Dear Sister” feel is the only good thing her father ever did for her and her sisters?
9. What does the mother in “Peach Cobbler” do if the pastor does not show up on Monday?
10. What example does the letter writer use to show Jackie how her sisters are “the best sisters you could ask for” (34)?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay about the sensory details used in “Snowfall.” Be sure to explain the deeper meaning and thematic significance of these details.
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
Unfaithful married men appear in several of the short stories in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Write an essay exploring the theme of infidelity among married men in at least two of the stories in the collection.
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