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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 asks her to have sex with him.
(c) He takes her picture, even though she hates it.
(d) He throws away all her cigarettes so she can not find them.

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

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

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

6. How do Hanna and Laura know each other?
(a) They met at work.
(b) They are sisters.
(c) They met in a support group.
(d) They were next door neighbors as children.

7. What does Father Minty's mother seem to notice about him months after he starts seeing Rebekah?
(a) She seems to notice he is losing his hair.
(b) She seems to notice he is taking more care with his appearance.
(c) She seems to notice he is thinner.
(d) She seems to notice that something is different and suspects it might have to do with a woman.

8. 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) Whether or not yogurt can expire.
(b) Whether or not kale is really good for you.
(c) What gluten-free really means.
(d) What kind of gun is best for self-defense.

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

10. What does Natasha's mother say to her when she tells her what happened to her young son in "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) Natasha's mother tells her she should ask the doctor for some sedatives.
(b) Natasha's mother asks what hospital she is at so she can meet her there.
(c) Natasha's mother tells her the accident was not her fault.
(d) Natasha's mother asks her how she could have let such an accident happen.

11. What is Milly's best physical feature?
(a) Her hair.
(b) Her legs.
(c) Her breasts.
(d) Her arms.

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

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

14. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" find in David's luggage when he comes back from Philadelphia?
(a) A gift from his girlfriend.
(b) An expensive and fragile vase.
(c) A Polaroid picture of him with a young brunette.
(d) A book signed by his favorite author.

15. Who is Hanna's father?
(a) The Man in Black.
(b) Alvarez.
(c) Manny.
(d) Red.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "I Am A Knife" have to do for her sister that saves her sister's life?

2. What does Ben ask Natasha repeatedly to do that is related to their dead child?

3. What happened to Natasha's child in "Break All the Way Down"?

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

5. What does Hanna do to signal to her husband that she is leaving him?

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