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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 mother do to her egg that repulses her daughter at the beginning of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She puts ketchup on them.
(b) She puts sour cream on them.
(c) She chews them with her mouth open.
(d) She mashes them with her fork.

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

3. Why does Lyra ignore Eric’s calls when she first gets back from the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) She feels she is not good at relationships.
(b) She finds out he is married.
(c) She is married.
(d) She realizes she does not like him.

4. What does Jael from the Bible story do in the Song of Deborah?
(a) She marries Sisera.
(b) She gives birth to a daughter.
(c) She kills Sisera.
(d) She kills Deborah.

5. What does Daughter do as soon as she gets into the car with Tony after leaving her mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She cries.
(b) She texts Rico.
(c) She kisses him.
(d) She makes dinner reservations.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did children call Jael when she first started school?

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

3. What does Lyra decide at 2 a.m. when she considers inviting Eric up to her hotel room, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

4. What is the first thing the man must, according to the “Your Arrival” section in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

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

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 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”?

3. What did Daughter and her brothers feel when her mother was first saved on Easter Sunday?

4. What is the mother talking about at the beginning of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

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

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

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

8. Who does Jael describe in her first journal entry and what does she think of that person?

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

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

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