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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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) Her shoes.
(c) The couch.
(d) Her rug.

3. Why does the daughter feel her “new” mother is preferable to the one she had growing up in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She is smarter.
(b) She is funnier.
(c) She is kinder.
(d) She is prettier.

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

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

6. Jael says she wants to see the inside of Sweet Sadie’s house under what condition?
(a) The house is huge.
(b) She cooks for her.
(c) Her husband is not there.
(d) Her children are not there.

7. What do the police say on the news was the reason for the large booming sound?
(a) A gas leak.
(b) A tree falling.
(c) An earthquake.
(d) A bad storm.

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

9. 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) Call her.
(c) Divorce his wife.
(d) Cook her dinner.

10. 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 a shower.
(c) Take off his wedding ring.
(d) Take off his clothes.

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

12. What does Kachelle say to Jael after she says she does not believe in heaven?
(a) Heaven is a place on earth.
(b) God will strike her down.
(c) She does not either.
(d) She is in heaven with Jamie.

13. What does Jael from the Bible story do in the Song of Deborah?
(a) She kills Sisera.
(b) She kills Deborah.
(c) She marries Sisera.
(d) She gives birth to a daughter.

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

15. What does Lyra decide at 2 a.m. when she considers inviting Eric up to her hotel room, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) She will wait for him to make the first move.
(b) She decides to go for it.
(c) She will invite him the next night if she still wants to.
(d) She does not want to be the kind of woman her mother warned her not to be.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the pastor’s wife who Jael describes in her journal at the start of “Jael”?

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

3. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," how often do Eric and Lyra speak once she finally returns his calls?

4. What does the woman tell the man not to do in the section “Your Religion,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

5. Where does Daughter go in the morning after her date with Tony while he watches her mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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