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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. Why does Jacob hate Laban?

2. Why must Jacob's clan wait to follow Esau?

3. How long is Jacob and Leah's honeymoon?

4. In My Stories, Chapter 1, what does Laban do to Ruti?

5. What is Dinah's writing style?

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Laban and Jacob mark out their territories?

2. What is another reason for Dinah's anger?

3. Rachel is mad that she is not Jacob's wife, but why else is she mad?

4. Who does Dinah spend a lot of time with in her childhood?

5. What theme is introduced in this chapter, My Mother's Stories?

6. How does Laban's life change after Jacob arrives at his camp?

7. What happens to Jacob at the end of My Story, Chapter 3?

8. What happens after Laban enters the Red Tent?

9. Why is Leah sad in My Mother's Stories, Chapter 2?

10. Which sister is the most excited to leave?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How do the relationships of the sisters affect Dinah's interactions with other women? Does Dinah ever wish she had a sister or someone her own age to share her stories with?

Essay Topic 2

Throughout the book, women are allowed to assert their own sexual agency, thus allowing this to become a main theme in the book. Cite three examples of this in the book. Explain how and why the women of the Red Tent are allowed to explore and assert their own sexual agency.

Essay Topic 3

Which theme did you think was the most important in the book? Explain why this theme remained prevalent as you read the book.

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