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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 metaphor does Father Jones use to compare the girl who fell off the roof?
(a) She floated like an angel for a second before she plunged.
(b) She rose like a balloon.
(c) She fell like a hawk.
(d) She hit the ground like a sack of groceries.

2. How frequently does the narrator’s boyfriend come over to her house, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Once or twice a month.
(b) Every other month.
(c) Two or three times a week.
(d) Once a week.

3. Who does the DA dump Henson for?
(a) Lucy the intern.
(b) Stabler’s wife.
(c) Benson.
(d) Stabler.

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?
(a) Lost in a forest.
(b) Lost at sea.
(c) Arriving home.
(d) Being abducted.

5. 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) Age-old with wisdom.
(c) Ruined.
(d) The same age as her mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose ghost haunts Benson?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?

3. What do the interns put in Stabler and Benson’s coffee?

4. Who is Uncle E?

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

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