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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. Who is the mother of Father Michael Patrick Minty in the story "Bad Priest"?
(a) Nora.
(b) Maeve.
(c) Mary.
(d) Maureen.
2. How does the stone thrower's wife feel about her child with the stone thrower?
(a) She is afraid the child will break.
(b) The child makes her sad.
(c) She loves the child deeply.
(d) The child makes her angry.
3. Where do the narrator and her husband live in "I Am a Knife"?
(a) The North Country.
(b) The Pacific Northwest.
(c) Florida.
(d) Minnesota.
4. Who is Natasha's husband in "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) Jackson.
(b) George.
(c) Manuel.
(d) Ben.
5. What is the stone thrower afraid of when he and his glass wife go to the opera?
(a) That they will not be able to understand what is happening on stage.
(b) That a singer will hit a note with a frequency that will shatter his glass wife's body.
(c) That his glass wife will not like the music.
(d) That he and his wife will not be able to get good seats.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the narrator's lover in "Bone Density"?
2. What secret of the stone thrower's does the stone thrower's glass wife discover?
3. What kind of a house does the stone thrower live in in the story "Requiem for a Glass Heart"?
4. How old is Hanna?
5. What do Ben and Natasha do with all of the things from their son's nursery?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does Natasha seem to feel responsible for her child's fatal accident in "Break All the Way Down"?
2. Why does Hanna drive to the college town nearby and invite sexual encounters with college-aged boys in secret?
3. What is the narrator's husband, David, concerned about in relation to the narrator's health in the story "Bone Density"?
4. What does Natasha finally do that her husband has repeatedly been asking her to do at the end of "Break All the Way Down"?
5. How does Hanna feel about her husband Peter in the short story "How"?
6. What does Teresa tell Stephanie that surprises her at the end of the story "In the Event of My Father's Death"?
7. What secret of her own does the narrator keep from her unfaithful husband David in "Bone Density"?
8. What helps to bring Natasha and Ben back together in "Break All the Way Down"?
9. What unique ability do Hanna and Anna share?
10. What is appealing to Rebekah about her affair with Father Michael?
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