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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, "Mothers" - Chapter 4, "Especially Heinous".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Benson protect herself against this ghost?
(a) She hires a medium.
(b) She sleeps with a crucifix.
(c) She performs an exorcism.
(d) She burns sage.

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the second mistake a woman can make?
(a) Pride.
(b) Passion.
(c) Coldness.
(d) Indifference.

3. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?
(a) She dies.
(b) She turns feral.
(c) She becomes a wood nymph.
(d) She is rescued by gypsies.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the first mistake a woman can make?
(a) Boasting.
(b) Selfishness.
(c) Having a vision.
(d) Scoffing.

5. Where does the narrator of "Inventory" go in the end?
(a) Nantucket.
(b) Canada.
(c) An island off the coast of Maine.
(d) Iceland.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the narrator of "Mothers" takes the baby from Bad, what does she fail to hear?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels like doing when she hears her husband asking the doctor for the ‘extra stitch’ after she gives birth?

3. What kinds of crimes do Stabler and Benson investigate in "Especially Heinous"?

4. How long does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" labor for, with her child?

5. What does Stabler discover his wife had seen in her twenties?

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