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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do the children find Ruti?
(a) Sick
(b) Well
(c) Tired
(d) Dead

2. How does Leah hide her identity from Jacob?
(a) She does not face Jacob during the ceremony, so he never sees her face.
(b) She disguises her face.
(c) She wears a veil over her face
(d) She makes herself up to look like Rachel

3. Who is sent to welcome the camp to Rebecca's home?
(a) Malkoff
(b) Deborah
(c) Lydia
(d) Werenro

4. Why does Leah decide to have another baby?
(a) Rachel pressures her to have a baby
(b) She desperately wants another boy
(c) Because Rachel foresees Leah having a girl
(d) Jacob insists that she have more children

5. Why do the sisters agree to help Ruti have an abortion?
(a) They do not want Ruti to bear more sons
(b) They do not like Ruti and want her to suffer
(c) They feel sorry for her
(d) The sisters decide not to help Ruti

Short Answer Questions

1. What else is Jacob allowed to take with him?

2. What theme is introduced in the Prologue?

3. How many years of service must Jacob give Laban before he can marry Rachel?

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

5. What is a midwife?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does the story begin?

2. Who does Dinah spend a lot of time with in her childhood?

3. What happens after Laban enters the Red Tent?

4. How do Laban and Jacob mark out their territories?

5. Why do the sisters plot to take away Laban's gods?

6. What is evident about Leah's character from the beginning of the book?

7. Why is Jacob happy when Rachel births Joseph?

8. What happens to Jacob at the end of My Story, Chapter 3?

9. How does Leah trick Jacob?

10. Is there violence when Esau and Jacob meet again?

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