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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What lesson does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" learn after she gives birth?
(a) That she cannot be satisfied unless her son feels satisfied.
(b) That she cannot satisfy her husband unless she is satisfy herself.
(c) That she can satisfy her husband without being satisfied herself.
(d) That she can satisfy her husband and nurse her son at the same time.

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?
(a) Feeling her feelings in their own bodies.
(b) Building a set for the story.
(c) Singing the words to the story.
(d) Reading the story out loud.

4. What noise does Stabler hear, repeatedly, in "Especially Heinous"?
(a) Whistling.
(b) Two beats, a low drumming.
(c) Saxophone music.
(d) Accordion music.

5. When the narrator’s husband asks if the ribbon is secret, what does she tell him?
(a) She says that it is a secret.
(b) She says that it is not secret, it is just hers.
(c) She says that it is not hers to give him.
(d) She says that he can untie it in time.

6. What TV show is "Especially Heinous" a play on?
(a) Law and Order.
(b) The Big Bang Theory.
(c) Bones.
(d) That 70s Show.

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

8. In the story of the old man and the old woman, in "The Husband Stitch," whose liver does the old woman eat?
(a) Her own.
(b) A corpse’s.
(c) A ghost’s.
(d) Her husband’s.

9. At what age does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her memory started?
(a) 11.
(b) 16.
(c) 9.
(d) 4.

10. What can the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" not tell the reader, about the opening where her head was attached to her body?
(a) Whether it is bloody or smooth.
(b) Whether it is repairable.
(c) Whether her head is still hers.
(d) Whether or not it is fatal.

11. What power does Stabler acquire from Father Jones?
(a) The power of seeing through things.
(b) The power of forgetfulness.
(c) The power of foresight.
(d) The power of mind-reading.

12. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the first mistake a woman can make?
(a) Selfishness.
(b) Having a vision.
(c) Scoffing.
(d) Boasting.

13. What is the husband’s response when he unties the ribbon at the end of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) He groans and says no.
(b) He is delighted like a child.
(c) He is vengefully satisfied.
(d) He is horrified and instantaneously repentant.

14. Who does Benson catch by Googling her OKCupid date?
(a) A rapist.
(b) A murderer.
(c) A robber.
(d) A stalker.

15. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" see outside the window of the car where she and her boyfriend have sex?
(a) An old crone.
(b) A group of campers.
(c) A hook-handed man.
(d) Artists drawing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Uncle E?

2. What does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?

3. What does Benson typically do with her groceries?

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?

5. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad?

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