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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 happens when Benson grabs the girl-with-bells-for-eyes’ bells?
(a) The doors to her apartment burst open.
(b) Every light bulb in her apartment bursts.
(c) The girl flies out the window.
(d) The apartment is filled with murdered girls’ voices.

2. How does Benson keep the girls-with-bells-for-eyes from her apartment?
(a) By performing an exorcism.
(b) By lining the entrances with salt.
(c) By casting a spell.
(d) By playing loud music to cover their bells.

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

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

5. How are Abler and Henson different from Stabler and Benson?
(a) Abler and Henson are sleeping together.
(b) Abler and Henson are teachers.
(c) Abler and Henson are criminals.
(d) Abler and Henson are not romantically involved.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Benson hear the girls-with-bells-for-eyes saying?

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

3. Who is Uncle E?

4. How do Stabler and Benson record their successes?

5. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What do we know about the virus that is killing people off in "Inventory"?

4. What kind of atmosphere does Machado create with her epigrams?

5. What role do the interns play in Stabler and Benson’s drama?

6. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with the woman from the art class?

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

8. What is the importance of the ‘hook-handed hitch-hiker’ in "The Husband Stitch"?

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

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

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