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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part V (pages 189 - 256).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Alvarez stop himself from pursuing a more serious relationship with Sarah?
(a) He is an undocumented immigrant and does not want to complicate both of their lives.
(b) He likes Sarah but has no money to take her out.
(c) He is sick and does not want Sarah to grow too attached to him.
(d) He has a wife and child in his home country.

2. When does Hanna do her best thinking in the story "How"?
(a) While she is running.
(b) In the early morning.
(c) In the mid-afternoon as she drinks her coffee.
(d) Late at night when everyone else in the house is asleep.

3. What happens to the stone thrower's wife as they have sex?
(a) A humming sound emanates from her body.
(b) Her body fogs in a pattern outward from her heart.
(c) She becomes ill and needs to rest.
(d) Tiny cracks appear in her glass body.

4. Why is the narrator of "Open Marriage" unconcerned about her husband's request for an open marriage?
(a) Because he is not very attractive.
(b) Because he works too much to have time for an affair.
(c) Because she is already having an affair.
(d) Because he gets ideas but rarely follows through on them.

5. What news does the narrator share with Jacob first towards the end of the story "The Mark of Cain"?
(a) She is leaving her husband.
(b) She has a child in another state.
(c) She is dying.
(d) She is pregnant.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does William Livingston III force his housekeeper to do?

2. What is one of the things Milly is good at?

3. What does the narrator discover at her medical appointment at the end of the story "The Mark of Cain"?

4. Who is Hanna's twin sister's husband?

5. How does a loose woman sit at the bar in the story "Difficult Women"?

(see the answer key)

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