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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. Besides being the head of Mamre, what is Rebecca?

2. How long does Dinah stay at Mamre?

3. What does Dinah learn about her family when she speaks to Joseph?

4. What does Meryt become to DInah?

5. What does Dinah begin to take an interest in?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who comes to collect Dinah from Rebecca?

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

3. Why does Dinah call Rebecca's assistants Deborahs?

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

5. What does Dinah become in Egypt, Chapter 3?

6. What happens to Jacob?

7. Why does Re-mose decide to visit his mother?

8. What happens to the sisters?

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

10. What happens to Werenro at the end of Chapter 7?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

1. Do you think it was difficult for Rachel and Leah to define their relationship have competing wives for their husband? How is this awkward? How is it helpful? Were Rachel and Leah ever close before they both wed Jacob?

2. How do you think Jacob defines his relationships with his wives? Do you think he compares them or appreciates them as individuals?

Essay Topic 2

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 3

How would you have written the book? Comment on these points:

1. Do you think you would have strayed far from the Bible's telling of DInah's story?

2. Would you have focused on Dinah's mother's stories or lept straight into telling DInah's story?

3. Would you have expanded more on Dinah's adult life with Benia and Meryt?

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