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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. Why is Dinah excited to meet Tabea?

2. What is Esau's reaction when he finally sees Jacob?

3. What does Jacob ask for as a part of Rachel's dowry?

4. Why is Laban jealous of Jacob?

5. Why does Zilpah decide never to sleep with Jacob again?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. Why does Rachel have to wait to marry Jacob?

3. What do Dinah and Joseph see at the end of My Story, Chapter 3?

4. Which sister is the most excited to leave?

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

6. What happens after Laban enters the Red Tent?

7. Why does Jacob choose Rachel to be his wife?

8. What theme is prevalent in this section?

9. Why does DInah become jealous of her own father?

10. Why is DInah taken with Werenro?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Joseph and Dinah are very important to their parents in different ways. Compare and contrast their differences. Is Joseph's importance to Jacob the same as Dinah's to her mothers?

Essay Topic 2

DInah's life without her mothers drastically changes. How do you think your life might change if your mother was not present. What if you had never had contact with your mother and suddenly she was present?

Essay Topic 3

1. Give three examples of how the women of the Red Tent exert their own sexual agency. Explain how they exert it in the book.

2. Give two examples of how women are stopped from exerting their own sexual agency.

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