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

2. Where does Tony go when they arrive at Daughter’s house after dinner and after checking on Mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Home.
(b) Mother’s room.
(c) Daughter’s bedroom.
(d) The bathroom.

3. What does the woman tell the man not to do in the section “Your Religion,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Invite her to church.
(b) Use her name in confession.
(c) Discuss religion with her.
(d) Ask her to marry him.

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

5. What department store does the narrator’s mother say she bought clothes from at the start of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Marshall Field’s.
(b) Macy’s.
(c) JC Penney.
(d) TJ Maxx.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Jael do when her Granny falls during their argument?

2. What is Jamie doing when Jael walks by his house after school after the first time she went there?

3. What does the narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say she will do if she develops feelings for the man?

4. How does Jael describe Kachelle after she comes out of Jamie’s room for the first time?

5. 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"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What information does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” offer in the “About Me“ section?

2. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say she will do if she ever develops feelings for him under the section “Feelings”?

3. What is the narrator's instructions in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” under the “Social media and technology” section?

4. 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”?

5. What is Jael‘s grandmother‘s reaction to the first journal entry she reads in the short story “Jael”?

6. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say the man might be surprised to find out about other women in the “Your Wife“ section?

7. What types of things do Eric and Lyra discuss over the course of their days together at the conference in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

8. 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)?

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

10. What happens when Jael’s Granny tells Jael she needs to get a job?

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