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

2. What is Father Michael Patrick Minty's nickname?
(a) Minty.
(b) Father Mickey.
(c) Mort.
(d) Father Mitch.

3. What habit does the narrator engage in that her husband chastises her for in "Bone Density"?
(a) Smoking.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Biting her nails.
(d) Running.

4. What does Natasha's mother say to her when she tells her what happened to her young son in "Break All the Way Down"?
(a) Natasha's mother tells her she should ask the doctor for some sedatives.
(b) Natasha's mother asks what hospital she is at so she can meet her there.
(c) Natasha's mother asks her how she could have let such an accident happen.
(d) Natasha's mother tells her the accident was not her fault.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where do Rebekah and Father Minty have sex for the first time?

2. What do the narrator and her husband pour over themselves when they go deer hunting in the story "I Am a Knife"?

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

4. How does Father Minty first meet Rebekah?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Hanna and Laura first become friends?

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

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

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

5. What unique ability do Hanna and Anna share?

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

7. Why does the narrator's mother in the story "A Pat" tell her to befriend the saddest and most desperate people?

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

9. Why is Natasha in "Break All the Way Down" repelled by dogs?

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

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