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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 the little girl’s mother do with the peach cobbler if the pastor does not show up on Monday?
2. Who is Leelee’s father?
3. What happens to Leelee when she arrives at the university on the snow day?
4. In "Dear Sister," who do the girls ask to find out who their other sister is after Miss Margaret mentions her?
5. Why does the woman refer to the man with whom she is having an affair as Not-Daniel?
Short Essay Questions
1. Where are Rhonda and Leelee from, and why are they living in the city now?
2. For whom does the narrator’s mother make peach cobbler every Monday in the story “Peach Cobbler”?
3. Why does the narrator’s mother refuse to let her go to Latasha’s sleepover in “Peach Cobbler”?
4. How does Caroletta feel when Eula asks her if she wants to die a virgin?
5. What does Eula say regarding Valentine’s Day, and how does it make Caroletta feel?
6. What do the woman and man in “Not-Daniel” have in common?
7. What does the woman ask Not-Daniel after they have sex in her car and how does he respond?
8. What happens in the daughter’s fantasy in which she feeds the pastor her homemade peach cobbler?
9. How does Olivia feel after seeing the picture of Trevor and his girlfriend at the prom at the end of “Peach Cobbler”?
10. 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”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay describing the author’s narrative tone and writing style in two of the stories from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Compare and contrast the author’s tone and writing style in each story. Use examples from the text as evidence for your argument.
Essay Topic 2
Many of the characters are viewed as sinful in the eyes of the church for their sexual interests or behaviors. Write an essay analyzing the theme of oppression and the church in two of the stories from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the letter in “Dear Sister.” The letter writer writes in the presence and with the input of her sisters. How might this letter be different if they were not around? What does she write on their behalf? What might she have included if they were not present?
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