The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Test | Final Test - Hard

Deesha Philyaw
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies Test | Final Test - Hard

Deesha Philyaw
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 163 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 Jael plan to go according to her last journal entry?

2. On what day does the narrator say you make love to a physicist?

3. Which of Daughter’s brothers died from drugs use in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

4. What is the title of the final section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe Daughter’s date with Tony in “When Eddie Levert Comes.”

2. What is the narrator's instructions in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” under the “Social media and technology” section?

3. In “How to Make Love to a Physicist,” why does Lyra decide against inviting Eric up to her room when it is 2 a.m. and they have spent the entire day talking?

4. What conversation does Jael‘s grandmother overhear about Jael at the corner store?

5. What is Granny concerned about if someone from the news speaks to the police regarding what happened to Jamie?

6. What information does Granny get from the news and from her friend Barbara regarding Jamie McWhite and the large booming sound that she had slept through?

7. What types of things do Eric and Lyra discuss over the course of their days together at the conference in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

8. What does Daughter say to her brother Rico the first time he complains about his mother talking about Eddie Levert?

9. What does Eric tell Lyra he is going to need her to do if they are going to try to make it work when he calls her after he receives the sketch she sent him as an apology in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

10. Where do Eric and Lyra meet in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The theme of colorism, prejudice against those with darker skin tones is prevalent in several of the short stories in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Write an essay exploring the theme of colorism in at least two of the short stories from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies.

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

In “Not-Daniel” and in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands,” the narrators remain unnamed throughout the stories. Write an essay exploring the reason why Philyaw may have chosen to leave out the name of this these characters.

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