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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Stephanie's father tell her mother the two of them are going on Saturdays?
(a) Fishing.
(b) Hunting.
(c) Ice Skating.
(d) Shopping.

2. How old was Father Minty when his father left the family?
(a) 4.
(b) 7.
(c) 15.
(d) 10.

3. What does Stephanie do with Teresa after her father dies?
(a) She and Teresa move in together.
(b) She visits Teresa at her trailer and appears to have a sexual encounter with her.
(c) She and Teresa start eating dinner together a few times per week.
(d) She and Teresa go to church together.

4. Who is Stephanie's father's mistress?
(a) Martina.
(b) Sierra.
(c) Teresa.
(d) Carmella.

5. Where does Hanna work?
(a) The Snappy Diner.
(b) The local hospital.
(c) The Koivu cafe.
(d) La Mer Zou, the fanciest restaurant in town.

6. What did Hanna do to a boy who was mistreating her twin sister in high school?
(a) Picked him up in her car, drove him hours into the woods, and left him there.
(b) Held a gun to his head and told him never to touch her sister.
(c) Drugged him and gave him a terrible tattoo.
(d) Bit on his penis, and threatened him.

7. What is one of the things the stone thrower's wife does during the day?
(a) She repairs the cracks in her body.
(b) She goes to her job at an office.
(c) She cleans their glass house and all their glass things.
(d) She secretly visits her family from the beach.

8. Who is Hanna's mother?
(a) Eloise.
(b) Ilse.
(c) Anna.
(d) Laura.

9. What does the narrator's lover do for a living in "Bone Density"?
(a) He is a software engineer.
(b) He is a poet.
(c) He is a chef.
(d) He is a musician.

10. What is the stone thrower afraid of when he and his glass wife go to the opera?
(a) That a singer will hit a note with a frequency that will shatter his glass wife's body.
(b) That he and his wife will not be able to get good seats.
(c) That they will not be able to understand what is happening on stage.
(d) That his glass wife will not like the music.

11. What is the name of the narrator's sister's boyfriend in "I Am A Knife"?
(a) William.
(b) Alvarez.
(c) Grant.
(d) Bennett.

12. What kind of a professor is David, the narrator's husband?
(a) Mathematics.
(b) English.
(c) Mechanical and biomedical engineering.
(d) Philosophy.

13. Who is the narrator's lover in "Bone Density"?
(a) Bennett.
(b) Jackson.
(c) George.
(d) Bailey.

14. What does Hanna do to signal to her husband that she is leaving him?
(a) She takes off her wedding ring and drops it on the table.
(b) She kisses him gently good-bye, which she never does.
(c) She takes all the money out of their bank account.
(d) She takes a suitcase with all her clothes in it.

15. How did Stephanie's father die?
(a) He was driving too fast on an icy bridge.
(b) He had a stroke.
(c) He overdosed on drugs.
(d) He was shot by a business partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long is Hanna's mother gone before she returns to see her family?

2. What secret of the stone thrower's does the stone thrower's glass wife discover?

3. How did Father Minty's own father die?

4. What do Father Minty and Rebekah do for dates?

5. Who is the mother of Father Michael Patrick Minty in the story "Bad Priest"?

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