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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. What do Dinah and Jacob find near the lake?

2. Why is Dinah excited to meet Tabea?

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

4. How do the children find Ruti?

5. Who does Ruti thank for saving her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why is Dinah so excited to meet Tabea?

4. Why is Jacob happy when Rachel births Joseph?

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

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

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

8. What happens to Ruti in My Story, Chapter 1?

9. What happens after Laban enters the Red Tent?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Rachel and Leah are the two most important women in Dinah's life.

1. Compare and contrast the characters of Leah and Rachel.

2. How is their relationship so unique?

3. Does Dinah favor Rachel over her birth mother?

4. How does Rachel's place in Jacob's heart affect the relationship of Leah and Jacob?

Essay Topic 2

How do the relationships of the sisters affect Dinah's interactions with other women? Does Dinah ever wish she had a sister or someone her own age to share her stories with?

Essay Topic 3

The Red Tent is not only the title of the book, but a special place to Dinah and her mothers.

1. What makes the Red Tent so special?

2. What does the Red Tent symbolize?

3. Why are men never allowed in the Red Tent? Is their hesitation voluntary or mandatory?

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