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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 mother?
(a) Laura.
(b) Anna.
(c) Ilse.
(d) Eloise.

2. What kind of a house does the stone thrower live in in the story "Requiem for a Glass Heart"?
(a) A stone house.
(b) A wood house.
(c) A concrete house.
(d) A glass house.

3. What defines the weather in the story "Bone Density"?
(a) Tornadoes.
(b) Extreme heat.
(c) Sun.
(d) Snow and cold.

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 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.

6. Why does the narrator in the story "A Pat" seek out desperate people to help?
(a) She does many other bad things, so she feels the need to balance them with acts of charity.
(b) Her father told her to be kind to people.
(c) She is mandated as part of her parole agreement to do community service.
(d) Her mother once told her to look for ugly, hopeless people to make friends with.

7. Who is Stephanie's father's mistress?
(a) Martina.
(b) Teresa.
(c) Carmella.
(d) Sierra.

8. 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.

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

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

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

12. What do Ben and Natasha do with all of the things from their son's nursery?
(a) Keep them for their next baby.
(b) Burn them in their backyard.
(c) Give them away.
(d) Sell them.

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

14. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" do for a living?
(a) She is a painter.
(b) She is a lawyer.
(c) She is a software engineer.
(d) She is a writer.

15. Where does Hanna's husband work?
(a) At the diner.
(b) At the hospital.
(c) In the local mines.
(d) He is unemployed.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Father Minty's own father die?

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

3. What does Father Minty's mother seem to notice about him months after he starts seeing Rebekah?

4. Where does Stephanie's father tell her mother the two of them are going on Saturdays?

5. Who does Hanna sometimes kiss in a romantic way?

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