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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 narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say she will do if she develops feelings for the man?
(a) Buy him presents.
(b) Stop texting him.
(c) Go to church.
(d) Tell his wife.

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

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

4. What does Jael call Sadie’s husband?
(a) Church.
(b) Old Rev.
(c) Old dude.
(d) God.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Who does Lyra not want to invite to her first solo art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

4. What does the woman say the man must remember to do before he leaves in of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

5. Where does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” suggest the man she addresses in her manual park when meeting her?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happens the first time Jael goes to Jamie‘s house alone?

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

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

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

8. 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”?

9. 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”?

10. 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)?

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