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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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 move in together.
(c) She and Teresa start eating dinner together a few times per week.
(d) She and Teresa go to church together.

3. What does Hanna do to signal to her husband that she is leaving him?
(a) She takes all the money out of their bank account.
(b) She kisses him gently good-bye, which she never does.
(c) She takes a suitcase with all her clothes in it.
(d) She takes off her wedding ring and drops it on the table.

4. How old was Father Minty when his father left the family?
(a) 7.
(b) 4.
(c) 10.
(d) 15.

5. What kind of a professor is David, the narrator's husband?
(a) Mechanical and biomedical engineering.
(b) English.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) Mathematics.

6. How does Jack get to Milly's apartment?
(a) He walks.
(b) He takes the bus.
(c) He drives.
(d) He rides his bike.

7. What does Milly look like in the story "Best Features"?
(a) She is very tall.
(b) She is fat and ugly.
(c) She is thin and wan.
(d) She is very short.

8. What do Father Minty and Rebekah do for dates?
(a) They have a picnic in the cemetery.
(b) They go to the movies.
(c) They go to dinner at a restaurant several towns away.
(d) They sit in the church and pray.

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

10. What went wrong in Hanna's father's life?
(a) He was terribly abused in his childhood.
(b) He became a bitter man after he was passed over for a big promotion in his job.
(c) He came from a family of miners, but when the mines closed before he could start work, he was lost.
(d) He came from a long line of thieves and was never expected to earn an honest living.

11. Who is the mother of Father Michael Patrick Minty in the story "Bad Priest"?
(a) Maureen.
(b) Mary.
(c) Maeve.
(d) Nora.

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

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

14. What is Rebekah doing when Father Minty calls her to come see him after dinner with his mother at the end of "Bad Priest"?
(a) She is volunteering at the homeless shelter.
(b) Drinking with her girlfriends.
(c) She is playing board games with her little sister.
(d) She is on a date with another man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How old were Hanna and her twin sister when their mother left the family?

2. What is the subject of the Bible verse Father Minty's mother asks him to read at the end of "Bad Priest"?

3. How long after meeting did the stone thrower and the glass woman get married?

4. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" find in David's luggage when he comes back from Philadelphia?

5. Who is Natasha's husband in "Break All the Way Down"?

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