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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do Dinah and Joseph grow close?
(a) They are near the same age
(b) They both enjoying annoying their brothers
(c) They both enjoy singing
(d) They both enjoy dancing

2. Why is Dinah excited to meet Tabea?
(a) She is very beautiful
(b) Tabea is her only female cousin
(c) She promises to teach Dinah how to read
(d) Tabea is very kind

3. Why does Dinah become jealous of her father?
(a) She sees how all the women fawn over him
(b) Joseph would rather spend time with Jacob
(c) Jacob has the most influence over the family
(d) She sees how much Leah loves him

4. Why does Laban feel helpless?
(a) When he confronts all of Jacob's clan
(b) Will he fall and embarrass himself
(c) Once he is in the Red Tent
(d) When he confronts Jacob

5. Why is Dinah angry with the reader?
(a) Her mother died before Dinah could say goodbye.
(b) Dinah was thrown out of Laban's camp for falling in love with a prince.
(c) Throughout time the stories of women have been forgotten.
(d) Her brothers killed her fiance

6. How are Esau's wives different from Jacob's?
(a) They wear their hair differently
(b) They do not celebrate in the Red Tent
(c) Their way of dressing exposes skin
(d) They cook their food differently

7. Why does Bilhah ask if she may have a child for Rachel in Rachel's name?
(a) Bilhah wants to help Rachel through her miscarriages.
(b) Bilhah wishes to be cruel to Rachel
(c) Leah asks Bilhah to do so
(d) Bilhah is in love with Jacob and secretly wanted to have his child.

8. Why must Jacob's clan wait to follow Esau?
(a) Esau does not wish to be embarassed by his brother
(b) They do not wish to overwhelm Rebecca with too many visitors
(c) Esau's great wealth will make Jacob look bad
(d) Rachel is sick so they wait until she has recovered

9. Who is Rebecca?
(a) Jacob's grandmother
(b) Jacob's mother
(c) Jacob's aunt
(d) Jacob's sister

10. What do Dinah and Jacob find near the lake?
(a) A wild boar
(b) A bear
(c) A wolf
(d) A fox

11. What is Dinah's writing style?
(a) Regretful
(b) Angry and sad
(c) Happy that we are listening to her story
(d) Annoyed

12. What do the sisters decide to steal from Laban?
(a) Crops
(b) Cows
(c) Household gods
(d) Sheep

13. How does Diamant give a voice to Dinah's mothers?
(a) She has discovered the mother's written story
(b) She has the mothers tell their stories
(c) She has the mother's sons tell the story
(d) She gives them a voice by telling Dinah's story

14. Why is it special to have a girl baby?
(a) Fathers want girl children to sell for their bride price
(b) Because a girl can carry on other women's stories
(c) Women want to dress their daughters like them
(d) Women dislike having boy children

15. Who is Leah's best friend?
(a) Bilhah
(b) Rachel
(c) Zilpah
(d) Ruti

Short Answer Questions

1. How are women's stories told?

2. What is Jacob's homeland?

3. Are women allowed to be a part of men's social circles?

4. How does Dinah feel toward Ruti?

5. How do Rachel and Leah begin to define their relationship at the end of Chapter 2?

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