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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. Where does the woman wait outside of at the start of “Not-Daniel"?
2. What does Eula say about Valentine’s Day which hurts Caroletta’s feelings?
3. Why does the little girl’s mother not allow her to go to a sleepover at Latasha’s in “Peach Cobbler”?
4. How old were Leelee and Rhonda when they met?
5. How old was Leelee’s mother when she had her?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Rhonda do for Leelee at the end of “Snowfall“ after they return home from work on the snowy day?
2. What do the woman and man in “Not-Daniel” have in common?
3. How does Olivia feel after seeing the picture of Trevor and his girlfriend at the prom at the end of “Peach Cobbler”?
4. What questions does Olivia’s mother ask her when she returns from her first tutoring session at the Neely’s house 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. What does the little girl feel when her mother and the pastor always leave her room laughing?
7. What example does the letter writer use to show Jackie how her sisters are “the best sisters you could ask for” (34)?
8. How does Olivia feel after the first time she and Trevor are intimate in “Peach Cobbler”?
9. What impression did Olivia get of Marilyn the first time she went over to tutor Trevor in “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 and analyze your emotional reaction to the story as a whole, or to a particular scene from the story. What emotions did you feel while reading that story or scene? What words or symbols evoked that particular emotion? Do you think these emotions were what the author intended?
Essay Topic 2
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 3
Write an essay analyzing the character of Jael in “Jael” from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. What is her history? How would you describe her as a person? How does her Granny view her? Why does she do the things she does in the story?
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