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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Ben ask Natasha repeatedly to do that is related to their dead child?

2. How long is Hanna's mother gone before she returns to see her family?

3. How long after meeting did the stone thrower and the glass woman get married?

4. Who is Hanna's twin sister?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Teresa tell Stephanie that surprises her at the end of the story "In the Event of My Father's Death"?

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

3. What secret of her own does the narrator keep from her unfaithful husband David in "Bone Density"?

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

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

6. What does Father Michael realize at the end of "Bad Priest" about his mother's knowledge of his private life?

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

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

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

10. What unique ability do Hanna and Anna share?

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