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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 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 came from a long line of thieves and was never expected to earn an honest living.
(c) He was terribly abused in his childhood.
(d) He became a bitter man after he was passed over for a big promotion in his job.

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

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

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

5. 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) The child makes her angry.
(d) She is afraid the child will break.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the narrator of "Bone Density" do for a living?

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

4. How old were Hanna and her twin sister when their mother left the family?

5. How do Hanna and Laura know each other?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did Father Michael Patrick Minty not really know his father in the story" Bad Priest"?

2. What unique ability do Hanna and Anna share?

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

4. Why does Hanna drive to the college town nearby and invite sexual encounters with college-aged boys in secret?

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

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

7. Where does the stone thrower first meet his glass wife in the story "Requiem for a Glass Heart"?

8. What does the reader learn about the stone thrower through the eyes of his glass wife at the end of the story?

9. How does Hanna react when she sees her mother for the first time in 16 years?

10. How did Father Michael first meet Rebekah?

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