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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Granny say she and her family have alway chosen baby names?
(a) By pulling names from a hat.
(b) By choosing randomly from the Bible.
(c) By praying for the right name.
(d) By assigning each name a number an rolling a dice.

2. What is the first heading in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) The Basics.
(b) Health and Wellness.
(c) Your Arrival.
(d) About Me.

3. What does Jael call Sadie’s husband?
(a) Old Rev.
(b) God.
(c) Old dude.
(d) Church.

4. How old is the man Jael says invited her and Kachelle to a crab boil at his house?
(a) 25.
(b) 21.
(c) 40.
(d) 35.

5. On what holiday was mother saved when Daughter was young in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) New Year’s.
(b) Mother’s Day.
(c) Christmas.
(d) Easter Sunday.

6. What does Jael threaten a boy with who tried to grabbed her butt?
(a) A knife.
(b) A gun.
(c) A broken bottle.
(d) A bat.

7. What is the title of the final section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) “Your Departure.”
(b) “Our Goodbye.”
(c) “Farewell.”
(d) “The End.”

8. What does Daughter do as soon as she gets into the car with Tony after leaving her mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She cries.
(b) She texts Rico.
(c) She makes dinner reservations.
(d) She kisses him.

9. What is Jamie doing when Jael walks by his house after school after the first time she went there?
(a) Fixing a fence.
(b) Drinking a beer.
(c) Washing his Cadillac.
(d) Walking his dog.

10. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say will happen to his wife should she show up at her house?
(a) The wife will get her feelings hurt.
(b) The woman will call the cops on his wife.
(c) The woman will beat up the wife.
(d) The woman will lie to his wife.

11. What does Daughter tell her mother she wishes she would do if she really remembers her in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Apologize for being so hard on her as a kid.
(b) Hug her.
(c) Call her by her real name.
(d) Tell her she loves her.

12. What do Eric and Lyra say when they meet for the first time before her art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Mi amor.
(b) At last.
(c) I love you.
(d) Finally.

13. What does the woman tell the man he is not to do in the section “Your Wife,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Bring her flowers.
(b) Propose to her.
(c) Bad-mouth his wife in front of her.
(d) Show her pictures of his wife.

14. How does the woman tell the man he will leave at the end of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Beyond satisfied.
(b) Peacefully.
(c) Out the back door.
(d) Quietly.

15. What does Daughter ask Mother while doing her hair in preparation for Eddie Levert at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) If she remembers her.
(b) If she likes her hair.
(c) If she loves Eddie more than she loves Daughter.
(d) What she will do when she sees Eddie.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Lyra ignore Eric’s calls when she first gets back from the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

2. What does Lyra do as soon as her flight lands after the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

3. What does the narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say will happen if the man she is writing to develops feelings for her?

4. What illness does the mother have in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

5. What did Mother warn Daughter not to go out on the streets and show people when she was young and Bruce was out stealing in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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