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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What do Eric and Lyra say when they meet for the first time before her art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Finally.
(b) Mi amor.
(c) At last.
(d) I love you.

3. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who Jael describes in her journal at the start of “Jael”?
(a) Sonya.
(b) Sylvia.
(c) Sally.
(d) Sadie.

4. What is the first heading in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) About Me.
(b) Your Arrival.
(c) The Basics.
(d) Health and Wellness.

5. What subject does the narrator of "How to Make Love to A Physicist" teach in middle school?
(a) Physics.
(b) Math.
(c) Art.
(d) English.

6. What does Lyra do as soon as her flight lands after the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) She calls Eric.
(b) She sends Eric a picture.
(c) She deletes Eric’s phone number.
(d) She texts Eric.

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

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

9. On what holiday was mother saved when Daughter was young in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Easter Sunday.
(b) New Year’s.
(c) Mother’s Day.
(d) Christmas.

10. What does Granny worry people might think Jael is if they learn what she did to Jamie?
(a) A fast tail girl.
(b) An abomination.
(c) A murderer.
(d) Just like her father.

11. What is the title of the final section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) “The End.”
(b) “Farewell.”
(c) “Your Departure.”
(d) “Our Goodbye.”

12. 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"?
(a) He believes people do not need church as a motivator for kindness.
(b) He believes a fear of God is the only reason people are kind to each other.
(c) He believes God does care about how people treat other people.
(d) He feels the expectation of kindness is hopeless.

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

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

15. What does Jael do for the first time in ages the morning of Jamie’s death?
(a) Crawl into bed with Granny.
(b) Cry.
(c) Apologize to Kachelle.
(d) Write in her journal.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does granny’s friend Barbara say does not mix when they discuss what happened to Jamie?

2. What does Eric say when the narrator tells him her name is Lyra, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

3. What do the police say on the news was the reason for the large booming sound?

4. How does the woman tell the man he will leave at the end of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

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

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