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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How do Stabler and Benson record their successes?
(a) By going for drinks.
(b) By nothing their furniture.
(c) By donating to a charity.
(d) By notching their pistol grips.

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?
(a) Manufacturing it out of nothing.
(b) Snuff it out.
(c) Preventing it happening.
(d) Awarding it to the right person.

3. Where did the narrator of "Mothers" meet Bad?
(a) At work.
(b) At a wedding.
(c) At the ocean.
(d) At a conference.

4. How frequently does the narrator’s boyfriend come over to her house, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Two or three times a week.
(b) Every other month.
(c) Once or twice a month.
(d) Once a week.

5. Who does the DA dump Henson for?
(a) Benson.
(b) Stabler.
(c) Lucy the intern.
(d) Stabler’s wife.

6. What happens when Benson tries to push the girls with bells with eyes away from her?
(a) They hit the wall hard.
(b) They enter into her body.
(c) They move too quickly to be pushed.
(d) Her hands go right through them.

7. What does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?
(a) Dali’s melted clocks.
(b) Diane Arbus portraits.
(c) Diego Rivera’s peasants.
(d) Picasso’s portraits of women.

8. What does Stabler discover his wife had seen in her twenties?
(a) A river monster.
(b) A hook-handed hitch-hiker.
(c) A sasquatch.
(d) A UFO.

9. What does the narrator of "Mothers" dream love might be able to do?
(a) Save her soul.
(b) Heal Bad’s wounds.
(c) Redeem the world.
(d) Outdo nature.

10. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?
(a) As if he were solving a math problem.
(b) As if he were drawing inspiration from it.
(c) As if he were touching her sex.
(d) As if he were considering murdering her.

11. What does the narrator say Benson’s fridge resembles after her grocery trip?
(a) The rain forest.
(b) A lush market.
(c) The Garden of Eden.
(d) A plastic desert.

12. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?
(a) It overcame their protective measures.
(b) She invited it in.
(c) It was inevitable.
(d) She got careless.

13. For how long has the narrator’s head been fuzzy, at the beginning of "Mothers"?
(a) Months.
(b) Days.
(c) Hours.
(d) Weeks.

14. What was Father Jones feeding the girl on the rooftop before she fell off?
(a) Drugs.
(b) Brownies.
(c) Sandwiches.
(d) Orange slices.

15. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself after having sex for the first time?
(a) Ruined.
(b) Newer than she has ever been.
(c) Age-old with wisdom.
(d) The same age as her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she knows as soon as she kisses the boy?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the first mistake a woman can make?

3. What kinds of crimes do Stabler and Benson investigate in "Especially Heinous"?

4. When the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" takes an art course, she meets another woman with a ribbon—where is it?

5. Who warns the narrator of "Mothers" that Bad’s treatment of her is not normal?

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