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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to Natasha's child in "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) He drowned in a swimming pool.
(b) He was hit by a car and killed in a parking lot.
(c) He fell down the stairs and died.
(d) He had cancer and died.

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

3. 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 kind of gun is best for self-defense.
(d) What gluten-free really means.

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

5. What do Ben and Natasha do with the baby they have been given to care for?
(a) They give her to the man Natasha had been living with, who is the baby's father.
(b) They take her to a state far away near the ocean.
(c) They put her up for adoption.
(d) They return her to her mother.

6. What secret of the stone thrower's does the stone thrower's glass wife discover?
(a) She discovers he goes to the bar to drink during the day.
(b) She discovers he stays outside their son's school and watches their son for hours.
(c) She discovers he is having an affair.
(d) She discovers he is unemployed.

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

8. 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.

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

10. What does Ben ask Natasha repeatedly to do that is related to their dead child?
(a) Ben asks Natasha to donate their son's clothes.
(b) Ben asks Natasha to go to a therapist to talk about what happened to their son.
(c) Ben asks Natasha to say their child's name.
(d) Ben asks Natasha to visit their son's grave with him.

11. How did Stephanie's father die?
(a) He overdosed on drugs.
(b) He was shot by a business partner.
(c) He had a stroke.
(d) He was driving too fast on an icy bridge.

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

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

14. What habit does the narrator engage in that her husband chastises her for in "Bone Density"?
(a) Drinking.
(b) Running.
(c) Biting her nails.
(d) Smoking.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the stone thrower afraid of when he and his glass wife go to the opera?

3. How old is Hanna?

4. Where does Hanna work?

5. What do the narrator and her husband pour over themselves when they go deer hunting in the story "I Am a Knife"?

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