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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 Lyra do as soon as her flight lands after the conference, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) She sends Eric a picture.
(b) She calls Eric.
(c) She texts Eric.
(d) She deletes Eric’s phone number.

2. What do Eric and Lyra say when they meet for the first time before her art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Mi amor.
(b) I love you.
(c) Finally.
(d) At last.

3. In “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands,” what is it about the men the narrator addresses that she says turns her on?
(a) Their looks.
(b) Their hunger and deprivation.
(c) Their wealth.
(d) Their eagerness.

4. What does the narrator of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say will happen if the man she is writing to develops feelings for her?
(a) She will tell his wife.
(b) The moment will pass.
(c) He will regret it.
(d) She will dump him.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Mother warn Daughter not to go out on the streets and show people when she was young and Bruce was out stealing in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

2. What subjects does the narrator of "How to Make Love to A Physicist" assume the man she sees teaches based on his “face and baby dreads” (95)?

3. What does the woman tell the man not to do in the section “Your Religion,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

4. What does Eric say when the narrator tells him her name is Lyra, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

5. Where did Mother once meet Eddie Levert as evidenced by a photo in their family album?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. What does Jamie say to Jael when she walks by his house alone after the first time she and Kachelle had gone there?

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

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

5. What is Granny concerned about if someone from the news speaks to the police regarding what happened to Jamie?

6. What information does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” offer in the “About Me“ 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 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. How does Granny describe the way Jael reacted when she hit her when she was six?

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

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