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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does David do with the narrator when they go for a walk in the snowy woods?
(a) He takes a picnic that they eat, shivering in the snow.
(b) He takes her picture, even though she hates it.
(c) He throws away all her cigarettes so she can not find them.
(d) He asks her to have sex with him.

2. What kind of a house does the stone thrower live in in the story "Requiem for a Glass Heart"?
(a) A glass house.
(b) A concrete house.
(c) A wood house.
(d) A stone house.

3. The narrator refers to herself as a knife. What does she refer to her husband as?
(a) An axe.
(b) A blanket.
(c) A hammer.
(d) A gun.

4. Where do Rebekah and Father Minty have sex for the first time?
(a) In Father Minty's car.
(b) In the church.
(c) In the department store.
(d) In a diner bathroom.

5. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" do for a living?
(a) She is a lawyer.
(b) She is a writer.
(c) She is a painter.
(d) She is a software engineer.

6. What is Father Michael Patrick Minty's nickname?
(a) Father Mickey.
(b) Father Mitch.
(c) Mort.
(d) Minty.

7. How does the stone thrower's wife feel about her child with the stone thrower?
(a) The child makes her sad.
(b) The child makes her angry.
(c) She loves the child deeply.
(d) She is afraid the child will break.

8. How long is Hanna's mother gone before she returns to see her family?
(a) 10 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 16 years.
(d) 25 years.

9. What do the narrator and her husband speak about right before he asks her to have an open marriage in the story "Open Marriage"?
(a) What gluten-free really means.
(b) Whether or not kale is really good for you.
(c) What kind of gun is best for self-defense.
(d) Whether or not yogurt can expire.

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

11. What special communication system do Hanna and her twin sister share?
(a) They have a special twin language.
(b) They can read each others' thoughts.
(c) They use their own hand gestures only they understand.
(d) They have different pitches of whistles that mean different things.

12. Who leaves her baby with Natasha in the story "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) Joy.
(b) Anna Lisa.
(c) Riley.
(d) Miriam.

13. What is one part of Father Minty's job that he does not like?
(a) He does not like performing baptisms because he does not like children.
(b) He does not like presiding over funeral services.
(c) He does not like saying the mass.
(d) He does not like listening to his parishioners, or to anyone at all.

14. Where does Hanna's husband work?
(a) He is unemployed.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) In the local mines.
(d) At the diner.

15. Who does Hanna sometimes kiss in a romantic way?
(a) Savvie.
(b) Sarah.
(c) Laura.
(d) Carolina.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does Hanna work?

2. Where does Stephanie's father take her on Saturday mornings in the story "In the Event of my Father's Death"?

3. How did Stephanie's father die?

4. Who is the narrator's lover in "Bone Density"?

5. What went wrong in Hanna's father's life?

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