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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does Stephanie's father take her on Saturday mornings in the story "In the Event of my Father's Death"?
(a) Ice skating.
(b) To visit his mistress so he can have sex with her.
(c) Fishing.
(d) Shopping.

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

3. How does Father Minty first meet Rebekah?
(a) At the department store.
(b) In the emergency room waiting area.
(c) At his lawyer's office.
(d) In church.

4. In what way is Hanna deceiving her husband?
(a) She has a whole other family in a town nearby.
(b) He thinks they are trying to have a baby, but Hanna has had her tubes tied.
(c) She is stashing part of her pay away in anticipation of running away.
(d) She is secretly writing a novel based on their life.

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

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

7. Who is Hanna's mother?
(a) Eloise.
(b) Anna.
(c) Laura.
(d) Ilse.

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

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

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

11. What did Hanna do to a boy who was mistreating her twin sister in high school?
(a) Picked him up in her car, drove him hours into the woods, and left him there.
(b) Drugged him and gave him a terrible tattoo.
(c) Held a gun to his head and told him never to touch her sister.
(d) Bit on his penis, and threatened him.

12. Where does Stephanie's father tell her mother the two of them are going on Saturdays?
(a) Shopping.
(b) Fishing.
(c) Ice Skating.
(d) Hunting.

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

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

15. How long after meeting did the stone thrower and the glass woman get married?
(a) 1 month and 1 day.
(b) 7 months and 7 days.
(c) 14 months and 8 days.
(d) 11 months and 10 days.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Rebekah doing when Father Minty calls her to come see him after dinner with his mother at the end of "Bad Priest"?

2. What do Ben and Natasha do with all of the things from their son's nursery?

3. What defines the weather in the story "Bone Density"?

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

5. Where do the narrator and her husband live in "I Am a Knife"?

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