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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say the man can do if he wants to before he leaves?
(a) Shower.
(b) Eat.
(c) Give her a gift.
(d) Kiss her.

2. What business does the narrator own in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) A cafe.
(b) A hair salon.
(c) A bakery.
(d) A bookstore.

3. Which of Jael’s relatives does her Granny say she is most like?
(a) Whitney.
(b) Keturah.
(c) Timna.
(d) Kachelle.

4. What does Jael call Sadie’s husband?
(a) God.
(b) Church.
(c) Old dude.
(d) Old Rev.

5. Where do Jamie and Kachelle go with Jamie?
(a) The beach.
(b) The movies.
(c) The park.
(d) On a boat.

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

7. What dreams does Lyra begin to have after inviting Eric to come to her first solo art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Dreams she arrives at the exhibit naked.
(b) Dreams that nobody shows up to her exhibit.
(c) Sex dreams about Eric.
(d) Anxiety dreams.

8. Who does Mother believe is visiting her that day and every day in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Eddie Levert.
(b) Her dead husband.
(c) Bruce.
(d) Rico.

9. What does Granny say she is going to tell Jael she needs to do after she told her she made “shitty crabs” (129)?
(a) Get a job.
(b) Find a new place.
(c) Cook for herself.
(d) Pay for her own food.

10. What does the woman say the man must remember to do before he leaves in of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Put his wedding ring back on.
(b) Kiss her.
(c) Shower.
(d) Text his wife.

11. What does the narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say she will do if she develops feelings for the man?
(a) Go to church.
(b) Stop texting him.
(c) Buy him presents.
(d) Tell his wife.

12. What did Mother warn Daughter not to go out on the streets and show people when she was young and Bruce was out stealing in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Her ignorance.
(b) Her color.
(c) Her ferocity.
(d) Her body.

13. How does the woman tell the man he will leave at the end of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Beyond satisfied.
(c) Peacefully.
(d) Out the back door.

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

15. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say will happen to his wife should she show up at her house?
(a) The woman will lie to his wife.
(b) The woman will beat up the wife.
(c) The woman will call the cops on his wife.
(d) The wife will get her feelings hurt.

Short Answer Questions

1. After Granny reads Jael’s journal, what does she say she does not want living under her roof?

2. What is the title of the final section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

3. How does Jael describe Jamie after he comes out of his room with Kachelle?

4. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," what does Lyra’s therapist encourage her to stop wearing after Lyra deletes Eric’s number for the second time?

5. What does Daughter do as soon as she gets into the car with Tony after leaving her mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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