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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 do the woman and Not-Daniel have in common?
2. Why does the little girl’s mother not allow her to go to a sleepover at Latasha’s in “Peach Cobbler”?
3. How old is Eula when she and Caroletta first become intimate?
4. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?
5. Which sister in "Dear Sister" is the only one with whom the writer shares a mother?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the things Leelee says she misses about living down south?
2. How does Olivia feel after the first time she and Trevor are intimate in “Peach Cobbler”?
3. What questions does Olivia’s mother ask her when she returns from her first tutoring session at the Neely’s house in “Peach Cobbler”?
4. What do Olivia and Trevor begin to do during the first few minutes of their tutoring session in “Peach Cobbler”?
5. What does the little girl feel when her mother and the pastor always leave her room laughing?
6. What does the narrator of “Dear Sister” feel is the only good thing her father ever did for her and her sisters?
7. What does Eula say regarding Valentine’s Day, and how does it make Caroletta feel?
8. For whom does the narrator’s mother make peach cobbler every Monday in the story “Peach Cobbler”?
9. What is Leelee‘s relationship like with her mother in “Snowfall”?
10. How does Caroletta feel when Eula asks her if she wants to die a virgin?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Food is a theme in several of the short stories in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Write an essay exploring food symbolism in “Peach Cobbler” and “Snowfall.”
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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