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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 wake Rhonda to ask her the night before the snowfall?

2. What school did Kimba, the oldest sister in "Dear Sister," attend for college?

3. What do Eula and her friend do after finishing their first bottle of Spumante?

4. What is Leelee’s full name, which Rhonda only calls her when she is mad at her?

5. In "Dear Sister," who do the girls ask to find out who their other sister is after Miss Margaret mentions her?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does the little girl feel when her mother and the pastor always leave her room laughing?

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 questions does Olivia’s mother ask her when she returns from her first tutoring session at the Neely’s house in “Peach Cobbler”?

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

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

7. 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?

8. What does the narrator of “Dear Sister” feel is the only good thing her father ever did for her and her sisters?

9. How does the mother respond when she learns her daughter thinks the pastor is God?

10. What does the woman ask Not-Daniel after they have sex in her car and how does he respond?

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 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?

Essay Topic 3

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?

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