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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. When the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" takes an art course, she meets another woman with a ribbon—where is it?
(a) Around her ring finger.
(b) Around her forehead.
(c) Around her ankle.
(d) Around her wrist.

2. What does the daughter find, when she gets back to the hotel, in the story of the daughter in Paris?
(a) Her mother is dead.
(b) Her mother is better.
(c) Her mother has all the help she needed.
(d) Her mother is gone.

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she knows as soon as she kisses the boy?
(a) That she will regret knowing him.
(b) That they will marry.
(c) That he will give her a daughter.
(d) That he will kill her.

4. Where do the narrator and her husband go after their wedding, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Europe.
(b) California.
(c) Asia.
(d) South America.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does Benson catch by Googling her OKCupid date?

2. What was Father Jones feeding the girl on the rooftop before she fell off?

3. How frequently does Benson buy groceries?

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself after having sex for the first time?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does "the husband stitch" refer to?

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

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

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

5. Why do Stabler and Benson notch their furniture?

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

7. What is Machado’s style like?

8. What is the dominant investigation taking place in ‘"Especial Heinous"?

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

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

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