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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?
(a) As if he were touching her sex.
(b) As if he were considering murdering her.
(c) As if he were solving a math problem.
(d) As if he were drawing inspiration from it.

3. Where does the virus start, in "Inventory"?
(a) California.
(b) Minnesota.
(c) Nebraska.
(d) Nevada.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" see outside the window of the car where she and her boyfriend have sex?
(a) An old crone.
(b) A group of campers.
(c) Artists drawing.
(d) A hook-handed man.

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her lovemaking with her boyfriend?
(a) Soul-dancing.
(b) Rutting.
(c) Making love.
(d) Screwing.

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

7. When the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" takes an art course, she meets another woman with a ribbon—where is it?
(a) Around her forehead.
(b) Around her wrist.
(c) Around her ring finger.
(d) Around her ankle.

8. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the moral of the story about the girl who died when her wedding dress had been exposed to embalming fluid?
(a) Marriage is a sacrament.
(b) Some things should not be spoken.
(c) Sacred things should not be touched.
(d) Being poor will kill you.

9. When the narrator of "Mothers" takes the baby from Bad, what does she fail to hear?
(a) Her own weeping.
(b) The baby’s crying.
(c) Bad’s abusive screaming.
(d) Bad’s retreating footsteps.

10. 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) Eyes in the grapes.
(c) Nails in the seafood.
(d) Toes in the potatoes.

11. Where does the madman hide his bomb?
(a) In the subway turnstile.
(b) Under a park bench.
(c) Under a manhole cover.
(d) Under a bridge.

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

13. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?
(a) It was inevitable.
(b) She got careless.
(c) She invited it in.
(d) It overcame their protective measures.

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

15. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself, in the "dramatis personae" section?
(a) Memorable.
(b) Forgettable.
(c) Passionate.
(d) Forgetful.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Benson tries to push the girls with bells with eyes away from her?

2. How does Benson keep the girls-with-bells-for-eyes from her apartment?

3. Where did the narrator of "Mothers" meet Bad?

4. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?

5. For how long has the narrator’s head been fuzzy, at the beginning of "Mothers"?

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