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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. In what section of of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” does the woman say she is attracted to him because he is off-limits?
(a) “Feelings.”
(b) “Your Wife.”
(c) “Sex.”
(d) “Foreplay.”

2. What does Kachelle say to Jael after she says she does not believe in heaven?
(a) God will strike her down.
(b) She does not either.
(c) Heaven is a place on earth.
(d) She is in heaven with Jamie.

3. Who does Lyra not want to invite to her first solo art exhibit in "How to Make Love to A Physicist"?
(a) Her mother.
(b) Her students.
(c) Eric.
(d) Her colleagues.

4. Where does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” suggest the man she addresses in her manual park when meeting her?
(a) At his own house and take a cab.
(b) At his place of employment.
(c) The bus stop.
(d) A block away from her house.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Daughter ask Mother while doing her hair in preparation for Eddie Levert at the end of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

2. In "How to Make Love to A Physicist," what gift does Eric send to Lyra’s school?

3. 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?

4. What does the woman tell the man not to do in the section “Your Religion,” of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands”?

5. What does the mother do to her egg that repulses her daughter at the beginning of “When Eddie Levert Comes”?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does the speaker in “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say under the “Health and Wellness“ section?

4. What information does Granny get from the news and from her friend Barbara regarding Jamie McWhite and the large booming sound that she had slept through?

5. How does Granny describe the way Jael reacted when she hit her when she was six?

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

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

8. 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”?

9. 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”?

10. What does the narrator of “Instructions for Married Christian Husbands” say she will do if she ever develops feelings for him under the section “Feelings”?

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