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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. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad?
(a) Like an ocean that washes through every breakwater.
(b) Like dirt that has never known rain.
(c) Like the moon.
(d) Like a river that has been dammed.

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 better.
(b) Her mother has all the help she needed.
(c) Her mother is gone.
(d) Her mother is dead.

3. What was Father Jones feeding the girl on the rooftop before she fell off?
(a) Orange slices.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Brownies.
(d) Drugs.

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

5. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?
(a) He threatens to hold her and untie it by force.
(b) He falls asleep angry.
(c) He forgives her and withdraws.
(d) He makes her pay for keeping it to herself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What TV show is "Especially Heinous" a play on?

2. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?

4. How are Abler and Henson different from Stabler and Benson?

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels like doing when she hears her husband asking the doctor for the ‘extra stitch’ after she gives birth?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why do Stabler and Benson notch their furniture?

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

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

4. What is the effect of having unnamed narrators?

5. Is the ending or "Inventory" a triumph or a defeat?

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

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

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

9. What is the DA’s relationship with Benson?

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

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