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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. Who is Rebecca?

2. Why is this chapter important?

3. How do the children find Ruti?

4. What does Inna declare Dinah to be?

5. What do the sisters take that is important to them?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is DInah taken with Werenro?

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

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

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

5. Why is Dinah so excited to meet Tabea?

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

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

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

9. Rachel is mad that she is not Jacob's wife, but why else is she mad?

10. What happens after Laban enters the Red Tent?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Pick out a character you can relate to in the book except for Dinah. Why did you choose this character? Which of their characteristics remind you of yourself? How would that character act if he/she was in your situation? If you were in his/hers?

Essay Topic 2

Dinah's mothers are very excited when Dinah is born. This is because women pass on the history of other women. In your opinion, has this changed at all? Does a women's history make it into our collective histories? Why or why not? If not, how can we improve this in our day and time?

Essay Topic 3

Power and independence are important themes in the novel. How do these apply to different women?

-DInah

- Inna

- Gera

- Leah

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