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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 group was Eddie Levert the lead singer of?
(a) Eddie and the Cruisers.
(b) The Temptations.
(c) The O’Jays.
(d) The Four Tops.

2. On what day does the narrator say you make love to a physicist?
(a) On a snow day.
(b) Pi Day.
(c) Christmas Day.
(d) Valentine’s Day.

3. What does the mother do to her egg that repulses her daughter at the beginning of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?
(a) She mashes them with her fork.
(b) She puts ketchup on them.
(c) She chews them with her mouth open.
(d) She puts sour cream on them.

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

5. Which of Jael’s relatives does her Granny say she is most like?
(a) Timna.
(b) Keturah.
(c) Kachelle.
(d) Whitney.

Short Answer Questions

1. What department store does the narrator’s mother say she bought clothes from at the start of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

2. How old is the man Jael says invited her and Kachelle to a crab boil at his house?

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

4. What does Lyra decide at 2 a.m. when she considers inviting Eric up to her hotel room, in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?

5. Where does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” suggest the man she addresses in her manual park when meeting her?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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”?

2. 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?

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

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

5. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say the man might be surprised to find out about other women in the “Your Wife“ section?

6. What are some of the things Lyra does based on her therapist suggestions after she deleted Eric‘s phone number for the second time in “How to Make Love to a Physicist”?

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 information does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” offer in the “About Me“ section?

9. What is one of the reasons Daughter suspects her mother may feel a bond with Eddie Levert?

10. How does Kachelle react when Jael asked her if she had ever thought about doing “things with girls” (124)?

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