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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 does Dinah go back to the palace after the baby is delivered?

2. How long does Dinah stay at Mamre?

3. Who does DInah call the women who work for Rebecca?

4. What theme is explored in this chapter as Dinah falls in love with Shalem?

5. What happens to Joseph upon Dinah's departure?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens to Dinah on the way to Mamre?

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

3. How long does Re-mose stay with Dinah?

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

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

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

7. Why does Benia track down Dinah?

8. What happens to Jacob?

9. What does DInah do when she returns to Jacob's camp?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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.

Essay Topic 2

Although Dinah claims her story has been forgotten, Gera is an example of how it lives on. Although Gera's version of the truth is a little skewed, how does this represent what happens when history is written in today's time?

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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