1. What do the police say on the news was the reason for the large booming sound?
(a) A bad storm.
(b) A tree falling.
(c) A gas leak.
(d) An earthquake.

2. How does Jael describe Kachelle after she comes out of Jamie’s room for the first time?
(a) Grinning like an idiot.
(b) Goofy.
(c) Stinking.
(d) Sweaty.

3. What does Sadie tell Jamie about her underwater dream in the fantasy Jael has about her?
(a) That she knows how her mother died.
(b) That she is crazy.
(c) That she loves her.
(d) That the water is really her tears.

4. Who is Leelee’s father?
(a) A church deacon with whom her mother had an affair.
(b) A car salesman she has never met.
(c) Her mother’s high school sweet heart.
(d) A police officer.

5. What does Jael feel about Sadie when she speaks to her at church?
(a) That she is evil.
(b) That she really cares.
(c) That she is holy.
(d) That she was not listening.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," who does Eric quote saying that “lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along” (111)?

2. What TV show do Leelee and Rhonda binge watch on snowy days?

3. Why does the little girl think the man who visits her mother is God?

4. What subjects does the narrator of "How to Make Love to A Physicist" assume the man she sees teaches based on his “face and baby dreads” (95)?

5. What holiday are Eula and her friend celebrating in the short story "Eula"?

(see the answer key)

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