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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 the woman say the man must remember to do before he leaves in of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Kiss her.
(b) Text his wife.
(c) Put his wedding ring back on.
(d) Shower.

2. 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) What’s Love Got To Do With It.
(d) Modern Love.

3. 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 would break things.
(c) She hit her back.
(d) She screamed so loud the cops came.

4. What does the woman tell the man he is not to do in the section “Your Wife,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Bad-mouth his wife in front of her.
(b) Show her pictures of his wife.
(c) Bring her flowers.
(d) Propose to her.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does daughter go to dinner with one Friday while Rico watches their mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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

3. Where do Jamie and Kachelle go with Jamie?

4. What do Eric and Lyra do at her apartment and Lyra wins in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are some of the things Lyra says she does not discuss with Eric when they first meet at the conference in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

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

3. What is one of the reasons Daughter suspects her mother may feel a bond with Eddie Levert?

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

5. 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”?

6. 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)?

7. What does Daughter say to her brother Rico the first time he complains about his mother talking about Eddie Levert?

8. What does the speaker in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say under the “Health and Wellness“ section?

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

10. What does Daughter say to her mother while washing her hair at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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