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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, "Mothers" - Chapter 4, "Especially Heinous".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad’s baby’s eyes?
(a) Like deer eyes.
(b) Like flashing migraine aura.
(c) Like Japanese beetles.
(d) Like police sirens.

2. What did Bad do to the narrator of "Mothers" on the "last night of us" (61)?
(a) Told her she had always loved her.
(b) Throw a glass of wine in her face.
(c) Punched her in the face.
(d) Threw her into a wall.

3. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) 17.
(b) 21.
(c) 12.
(d) 42.

4. When the narrator of "Mothers" takes the baby from Bad, what does she fail to hear?
(a) Bad’s abusive screaming.
(b) Bad’s retreating footsteps.
(c) Her own weeping.
(d) The baby’s crying.

5. Who is Tristan, who appears in the final scene of "Mothers"?
(a) Mara’s brother.
(b) Mara’s boyfriend.
(c) The narrator’s new lover.
(d) Bad’s new lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?

2. What part of the baby is the narrator of "Mothers" most afraid of?

3. How does Benson protect herself against this ghost?

4. How are Abler and Henson different from Stabler and Benson?

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" dress her child as for Halloween?

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