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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 the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?
(a) She becomes a wood nymph.
(b) She dies.
(c) She is rescued by gypsies.
(d) She turns feral.

2. What does the daughter go out to get, in the story the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" tells, of the daughter in Paris?
(a) Help.
(b) Food.
(c) Medicine.
(d) Drink.

3. What do the interns put in Stabler and Benson’s coffee?
(a) Sleeping drugs.
(b) Poison.
(c) Sugar.
(d) Milk.

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

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the story of the daughter in Paris?
(a) The most forgettable story.
(b) The most disingenuous story.
(c) The most common story.
(d) The most real story.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the virus start, in "Inventory"?

2. Who is Tristan, who appears in the final scene of "Mothers"?

3. What happens when Benson grabs the girl-with-bells-for-eyes’ bells?

4. How does Benson protect herself against this ghost?

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the act of making lists, in "Inventory"?

2. What is the noise Stabler and Benson hear throughout "Especial Heinous"?

3. What are Abler and Henson’s relationship with Stabler and Benson?

4. How would you describe the relationship between the narrator and Bad in "Mothers"?

5. What does Stabler do to complicate relations with his wife in "Especial Heinous"?

6. What is happening in the ending of "Mothers"?

7. Throughout the story, the narrator provides instructions to the reader, about how to read the story aloud. What effect does this have?

8. How would you describe the atmosphere Machado creates in "Especial Heinous"?

9. What can the title of this book mean?

10. How does Benson learn to protect herself from the girls with bells for eyes?

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