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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the narrator and her husband pour over themselves when they go deer hunting in the story "I Am a Knife"?
(a) Rabbit blood.
(b) Deer pee.
(c) Gin.
(d) Whiskey.

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

3. 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.

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

5. Who is Hanna's twin sister?
(a) Ella.
(b) Carolina.
(c) Anna.
(d) Jennifer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How does Father Minty first meet Rebekah?

3. Why does the narrator in the story "A Pat" seek out desperate people to help?

4. What is Milly's best physical feature?

5. What does Milly look like in the story "Best Features"?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the narrator in "Open Marriage" seem confident her husband will not follow through on his aspirations to have affairs with other women?

2. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" find in her husband's suitcase that confirms her knowledge that he is having an affair?

3. What is the narrator's husband, David, concerned about in relation to the narrator's health in the story "Bone Density"?

4. Why is Natasha in the story "Break All the Way Down" in her relationship with the man she calls her boyfriend?

5. What does the stone thrower's wife enjoy most about her days?

6. Why does Natasha seem to feel responsible for her child's fatal accident in "Break All the Way Down"?

7. What does Natasha finally do that her husband has repeatedly been asking her to do at the end of "Break All the Way Down"?

8. How does Hanna feel about her husband Peter in the short story "How"?

9. How did Father Michael first meet Rebekah?

10. What is appealing to Rebekah about her affair with Father Michael?

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