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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the first thing the man must, according to the “Your Arrival” section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Take off his clothes.
(c) Take off his wedding ring.
(d) Take a shower.

2. Where does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” suggest the man she addresses in her manual park when meeting her?
(a) At his own house and take a cab.
(b) A block away from her house.
(c) The bus stop.
(d) At his place of employment.

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

4. What does Daughter ask Mother while doing her hair in preparation for Eddie Levert at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) What she will do when she sees Eddie.
(b) If she loves Eddie more than she loves Daughter.
(c) If she remembers her.
(d) If she likes her hair.

5. What illness does the mother have in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Diabetes.
(b) Heart Disease.
(c) Alzheimer’s.
(d) Cancer.

6. In “Feelings,” what does the narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say the man should never do for her?
(a) Give her gifts.
(b) Divorce his wife.
(c) Cook her dinner.
(d) Call her.

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

8. Who does Jael describe kissing in one of her final journal entries?
(a) Sadie.
(b) Twan.
(c) Jamie.
(d) Kachelle.

9. What does the narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say will happen if the man she is writing to develops feelings for her?
(a) She will dump him.
(b) The moment will pass.
(c) She will tell his wife.
(d) He will regret it.

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

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

12. What does Jael kick down the stairs at Jamie's house after he and Kachelle go to his room?
(a) The crab.
(b) His clothes.
(c) His cat.
(d) His dog.

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

14. 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) Anxiety dreams.
(c) Sex dreams about Eric.
(d) Dreams she arrives at the exhibit naked.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where does Jael plan to go according to her last journal entry?

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

4. Where does Tony go when they arrive at Daughter’s house after dinner and after checking on Mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

5. What does the mother do to her egg that repulses her daughter at the beginning of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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