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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. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?
(a) Singing the words to the story.
(b) Building a set for the story.
(c) Reading the story out loud.
(d) Feeling her feelings in their own bodies.

2. Where do the narrator and her husband go after their wedding, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) California.
(b) Europe.
(c) Asia.
(d) South America.

3. How does the narrator of "Mothers" qualify her statement when she tells the baby she loves her?
(a) She says that it is something she wants to be true.
(b) She says that it is a lie.
(c) She says that it as true as she can make it.
(d) She says that she will make it true.

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

5. Why does the narrator of "Mothers" say Bad left her?
(a) Because she didn’t have what Bad needed.
(b) Because she was never around.
(c) Because she asked too much.
(d) Because Bad was broken.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad’s baby’s eyes?

2. Where does the virus start, in "Inventory"?

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself, in the "dramatis personae" section?

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

5. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?

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