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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. When did Granny decide to stop taking Jael to church?
(a) When she found it too difficult to wake her for church.
(b) When she saw Jael fall asleep during a sermon.
(c) When she noticed her and Sadie smile at each other.
(d) When Jael started skipping school.

2. What is Jamie doing when Jael walks by his house after school after the first time she went there?
(a) Walking his dog.
(b) Washing his Cadillac.
(c) Drinking a beer.
(d) Fixing a fence.

3. What subject does the narrator of "How to Make Love to A Physicist" teach in middle school?
(a) Math.
(b) Art.
(c) English.
(d) Physics.

4. What does granny’s friend Barbara say does not mix when they discuss what happened to Jamie?
(a) Bathtubs and toasters.
(b) Forks and power outlets.
(c) Cigarettes and gas.
(d) Oil and water.

5. What does Granny say she is going to tell Jael she needs to do after she told her she made “shitty crabs” (129)?
(a) Pay for her own food.
(b) Get a job.
(c) Cook for herself.
(d) Find a new place.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Jamie and Kachelle go with Jamie?

2. 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?

3. What is the first heading in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

4. After Granny reads Jael’s journal, what does she say she does not want living under her roof?

5. What does Jael feel about Sadie when she speaks to her at church?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

5. What is Jael‘s grandmother‘s reaction to the first journal entry she reads in the short story “Jael”?

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

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

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

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

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

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