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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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 asks what hospital she is at so she can meet her there.
(b) Natasha's mother tells her she should ask the doctor for some sedatives.
(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.

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

3. What is one of the things Milly is good at?
(a) She is a good listener.
(b) She is a good cook.
(c) She is a good masseuse.
(d) She is a good hairdresser.

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

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

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

7. Who is Hanna's twin sister's husband?
(a) Logan.
(b) Nathan.
(c) Luke.
(d) Larry.

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

9. 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 takes off her wedding ring and drops it on the table.
(c) She takes a suitcase with all her clothes in it.
(d) She kisses him gently good-bye, which she never does.

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

11. What does David do with the narrator when they go for a walk in the snowy woods?
(a) He asks her to have sex with him.
(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 takes a picnic that they eat, shivering in the snow.

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

13. Who is Hanna's husband?
(a) Sal.
(b) Peter.
(c) Edward.
(d) Jason.

14. What does the stone thrower's wife most enjoy about her day?
(a) Stripping off her clothes and walking through the world unseen, running through the park.
(b) Cleaning her house.
(c) Visiting her family.
(d) Repairing the cracks in her body.

15. What does the narrator of "I Am A Knife" have to do for her sister that saves her sister's life?
(a) Carries her out of a burning house.
(b) Delivers her baby at home.
(c) Gives her CPR after she has been immersed in a pool.
(d) Fashions a tourniquet to stop bad bleeding.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Father Minty first meet Rebekah?

2. Where does Hanna work?

3. The narrator refers to herself as a knife. What does she refer to her husband as?

4. Who is Hanna's twin sister?

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

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