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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What did children call Jael when she first started school?
(a) Orphan.
(b) Jailbird.
(c) Juvie.
(d) Joel.

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

4. After Granny reads Jael’s journal, what does she say she does not want living under her roof?
(a) An abomination.
(b) A sinner.
(c) A lesbian.
(d) A child.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Granny say she must have tripped over when she fell during an argument with Jael about her getting a job?

4. How does Lyra apologize to Eric for not calling him for awhile in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

5. On what holiday was mother saved when Daughter was young in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Jael say at the end of the story in reference to her grandmother’s saying that “every shut eye ain’t sleep“ (144)?

2. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say under the section “Therapist”?

3. What conversation does Jael‘s grandmother overhear about Jael at the corner store?

4. Describe Daughter’s date with Tony in “When Eddie Levert Comes.”

5. What does Granny say about the teasing Jael experienced at school particularly from Twan who always called her jailbird?

6. How does Kachelle react when Jael asked her if she had ever thought about doing “things with girls” (124)?

7. What does Eric tell Lyra he is going to need her to do if they are going to try to make it work when he calls her after he receives the sketch she sent him as an apology in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

8. What does Jamie say to Jael when she walks by his house alone after the first time she and Kachelle had gone there?

9. How does Granny describe the way Jael reacted when she hit her when she was six?

10. Where do Eric and Lyra meet in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

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