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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What objects of his dead mother are all over Jamie’s house?
(a) Wide-brimmed hats.
(b) Ceramic fish.
(c) Tea sets.
(d) Ceramic cats.

2. On what day does the narrator say you make love to a physicist?
(a) Pi Day.
(b) On a snow day.
(c) Valentine’s Day.
(d) Christmas Day.

3. Which of Daughter’s brothers died from drugs use in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Rico.
(b) Tony.
(c) Bruce.
(d) Eddie.

4. Why does Granny not hear the large booming sound she describes toward the end of “Jael”?
(a) The TV is too loud.
(b) She is at church.
(c) She has taken sleeping pills and is sound asleep.
(d) She is out of town.

5. 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 that nobody shows up to her exhibit.
(b) Dreams she arrives at the exhibit naked.
(c) Anxiety dreams.
(d) Sex dreams about Eric.

6. What does the mother do to her egg that repulses her daughter at the beginning of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She mashes them with her fork.
(b) She puts sour cream on them.
(c) She chews them with her mouth open.
(d) She puts ketchup on them.

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

8. What do Eric and Lyra do at her apartment and Lyra wins in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Play video games.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Have a dance off.
(d) Wrestle.

9. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," what gift does Eric send to Lyra’s school?
(a) A DVD.
(b) Flowers.
(c) A CD.
(d) A book.

10. Who did Granny overhear at the corner store that Jael beat up recently?
(a) Tyrone.
(b) Matt.
(c) Tony.
(d) Twan.

11. What does Granny say she must have tripped over when she fell during an argument with Jael about her getting a job?
(a) The couch.
(b) Her shoes.
(c) Her rug.
(d) The chair.

12. What does Granny say about Jael’s behavior when she used to hit her when she was a child?
(a) She would break things.
(b) She never cried.
(c) She screamed so loud the cops came.
(d) She hit her back.

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

14. What does Jael threaten a boy with who tried to grabbed her butt?
(a) A gun.
(b) A bat.
(c) A broken bottle.
(d) A knife.

15. What does Eric say when the narrator tells him her name is Lyra, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) What is a Lyra?
(b) Beautiful name for a beautiful women.
(c) His mother’s name is Lyra.
(d) Home to one of the brightest stars in the night sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does the mother have in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

2. Where did Mother once meet Eddie Levert as evidenced by a photo in their family album?

3. What does Eric say when Lyra asks if he thinks God cares about how people treat other people, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

4. What does Daughter ask Mother while doing her hair in preparation for Eddie Levert at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

5. What does Jael kick down the stairs at Jamie's house after he and Kachelle go to his room?

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