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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. After Granny reads Jael’s journal, what does she say she does not want living under her roof?
2. What does the woman tell the man he is not to do in the section “Your Wife,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
3. Why does the daughter feel her “new” mother is preferable to the one she had growing up in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
4. What subject does the narrator of "How to Make Love to A Physicist" teach in middle school?
5. Who does Mother believe is visiting her that day and every day in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
Short Essay Questions
1. What happens the first time Jael goes to Jamie‘s house alone?
2. What does Daughter say to her mother while washing her hair at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
3. How does Granny describe the way Jael reacted when she hit her when she was six?
4. What information does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” offer in the “About Me“ section?
5. What is one of the reasons Daughter suspects her mother may feel a bond with Eddie Levert?
6. 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)?
7. 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?
8. What does Jamie say to Jael when she walks by his house alone after the first time she and Kachelle had gone there?
9. What conversation does Jael‘s grandmother overhear about Jael at the corner store?
10. 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”?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the character of Jael in “Jael” from The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. What is her history? How would you describe her as a person? How does her Granny view her? Why does she do the things she does in the story?
Essay Topic 2
Several of the short stories in the secret lives of short church ladies include the perspective of the other woman in an affair. Write an essay exploring test theme from the perspective of the other woman in “Peach Cobbler,“ “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands,” and “Not-Daniel.”
Essay Topic 3
Mother/ daughter relationships are explores in several of the short stories in The Secret Lives of Church Ladies. Choose 2-3 stories and explore the theme of mother-daughter relationships within the context of each story. Compare and contrast this theme from each of the stories you choose.
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