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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through “Jael” Part II.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Trevor surprised to learn about the girl when he asks if she had seen the Fat Boys’ video on MTV in “Peach Cobbler”?
(a) She thinks MTV is silly.
(b) She was in the video.
(c) She does not have cable.
(d) She hates music.

2. What does the girl’s mother in “Peach Cobbler” tell her when she asks if she can buy extra peaches to make a cobbler?
(a) She will never being able to cook.
(b) She does not have money to waste on her.
(c) Sure.
(d) She says she will teach her.

3. Why does Lyra ignore Eric’s calls when she first gets back from the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) She feels she is not good at relationships.
(b) She realizes she does not like him.
(c) She is married.
(d) She finds out he is married.

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)?
(a) Poetry or math.
(b) Poetry or Physics.
(c) Literature or Economics.
(d) Science or ELA.

5. What is the title of Lyra’s first solo art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) What’s Love Got To Do With It.
(b) Pi Day Love.
(c) Modern Love.
(d) Whatever I Say About Love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Tasheta tell her sister to tell Jackie regarding their father at the beginning of the letter in "Dear Sister"?

2. Why does the grandmother in "Dear Sister" think one of the girls is pregnant when they are staying with her before their father’s funeral?

3. What does Leelee say about the space her mother has for her in her life?

4. What does Jael from the Bible story do in the Song of Deborah?

5. In "Dear Sister," who do the girls ask to find out who their other sister is after Miss Margaret mentions her?

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