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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What does the woman tell the man he is not to do in the section “Your Wife,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?
(a) Bad-mouth his wife in front of her.
(b) Bring her flowers.
(c) Propose to her.
(d) Show her pictures of his wife.

4. 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) Finally.
(b) Mi amor.
(c) I love you.
(d) At last.

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

6. What does Daughter ask Mother while doing her hair in preparation for Eddie Levert at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) What she will do when she sees Eddie.
(b) If she remembers her.
(c) If she loves Eddie more than she loves Daughter.
(d) If she likes her hair.

7. Why does the daughter feel her “new” mother is preferable to the one she had growing up in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She is smarter.
(b) She is kinder.
(c) She is funnier.
(d) She is prettier.

8. Which of Daughter’s brothers died from drugs use in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) Eddie.
(b) Bruce.
(c) Rico.
(d) Tony.

9. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," what does Lyra’s therapist encourage her to stop wearing after Lyra deletes Eric’s number for the second time?
(a) Stockings.
(b) Underwear.
(c) Girdles.
(d) A bra.

10. What does Granny worry people might think Jael is if they learn what she did to Jamie?
(a) A fast tail girl.
(b) An abomination.
(c) Just like her father.
(d) A murderer.

11. Where does Tony go when they arrive at Daughter’s house after dinner and after checking on Mother in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) The bathroom.
(b) Mother’s room.
(c) Home.
(d) Daughter’s bedroom.

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

13. What do Eric and Lyra do at her apartment and Lyra wins in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Wrestle.
(b) Play cards.
(c) Have a dance off.
(d) Play video games.

14. What does Jael do for the first time in ages the morning of Jamie’s death?
(a) Write in her journal.
(b) Crawl into bed with Granny.
(c) Apologize to Kachelle.
(d) Cry.

15. 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 dump him.
(b) She will tell his wife.
(c) He will regret it.
(d) The moment will pass.

Short Answer Questions

1. What illness does the mother have in “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

2. What is Jamie doing when Jael walks by his house after school after the first time she went there?

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

4. Who does Lyra not want to invite to her first solo art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

5. Where does Jael plan to go according to her last journal entry?

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