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

2. Who is the author of the book?
(a) Anita Shreve
(b) Anita Diamant
(c) Salman Rushdie
(d) Alice Diamant

3. What is Dinah's story like in the Bible?
(a) It is very flowery language
(b) It is informative
(c) It is very short and non-descriptive
(d) Her story is extremely long

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

5. Why does Zilpah decide never to sleep with Jacob again?
(a) She has a hard time giving birth to her children
(b) Zilpah does not wish to sleep with someone who does not love her.
(c) Zilpah does not enjoy intimate acts
(d) She is disgusted by Jacob

Short Answer Questions

1. What is a midwife?

2. Who finds Jacob beaten and naked by the water?

3. Why is Bilhah reluctant to leave?

4. What is created by women telling their own stories?

5. Why Does Zilpah agree to have sex with Jacob?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happens after Laban enters the Red Tent?

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

4. Why can't Esau and Jacob travel together?

5. How does the story begin?

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

7. Which sister is the most excited to leave?

8. What theme is introduced in this chapter, My Mother's Stories?

9. Why is DInah taken with Werenro?

10. Why are all of the sisters happy that DInah is born?

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