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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. How does the woman tell the man he will leave at the end of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Peacefully.
(b) Beyond satisfied.
(c) Out the back door.
(d) Quietly.

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

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

4. What does Jael do when her Granny falls during their argument?
(a) She tries to help.
(b) She stares at her but does help.
(c) She calls 911.
(d) She laughs.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. When did Granny decide to stop taking Jael to church?

3. What business does the narrator own in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

4. What does Granny tell Kachelle after one of her many phone calls?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. 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”?

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

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

4. In “How to Make Love to a Physicist,” why does Lyra decide against inviting Eric up to her room when it is 2 a.m. and they have spent the entire day talking?

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

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

7. 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”?

8. What are some of the things Lyra does based on her therapist suggestions after she deleted Eric‘s phone number for the second time in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

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

10. What information does Granny get from the news and from her friend Barbara regarding Jamie McWhite and the large booming sound that she had slept through?

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