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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 Benson think the two-beat drumming is?
(a) The city breathing.
(b) Stabler’s heartbeat.
(c) Her own heartbeat.
(d) Her breathing.

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself after having sex for the first time?
(a) Newer than she has ever been.
(b) The same age as her mother.
(c) Age-old with wisdom.
(d) Ruined.

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she told a story about at the supermarket, when she was young?
(a) Fingers in the chicken.
(b) Nails in the seafood.
(c) Eyes in the grapes.
(d) Toes in the potatoes.

4. What did Bad do to the narrator of "Mothers" on the "last night of us" (61)?
(a) Punched her in the face.
(b) Told her she had always loved her.
(c) Throw a glass of wine in her face.
(d) Threw her into a wall.

5. In the "Bad blood" episode summary, what to Stabler and Benson say about the crime they solved?
(a) Solving it was worse than the crime itself.
(b) Solving it meant leaving it unresolved.
(c) Solving it was murder.
(d) Solving a crime means committing another crime.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her consciousness before she started to remember things?

2. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" do to keep her son from trying to touch the ribbon?

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she does for her boyfriend, which is not normal?

5. Where is the home the narrator dreams about, in ‘Mothers’?

(see the answer key)

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