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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. Where does Dinah go to deliver the baby?

2. Where does Dinah move to at the beginning of the chapter?

3. Where does Re-mose go to school?

4. Why does DInah continue to feel distant from her son?

5. What is happening physically and mentally to Dinah?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are Simon and Levi furious with Dinah's marriage?

2. Who does Dinah become friends with?

3. Why won't Dinah share her mothers' stories?

4. What does Dinah learn upon Tabea's arrival?

5. What happens to Jacob?

6. Why do Shalem and his father agree to have the men of Shechem circumcised?

7. Why is Dinah confused by her feelings for Benia?

8. What happens to the sisters?

9. How does Dinah feel when she learns she is pregnant?

10. Why does Dinah take an interest in delivering babies?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The men of the book are mentioned as ways forces that shape the women of the book's lives. They are definitely secondary characters. How do the men shape and carve out a story for Dinah and her mothers? Explain how the following men affect the women:

Jacob

Binah

Re-mose

Laban

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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?

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