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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What part of the baby is the narrator of "Mothers" most afraid of?
(a) Her toes.
(b) Her fingers.
(c) The soft spot on her head.
(d) Her lips.

4. Whose ghost haunts Benson?
(a) A girl who was murdered and misburied.
(b) The girl who sleepwalked into the forest.
(c) The girl who fell off the roof with Father Jones.
(d) The girl turned incorporeal.

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" dress her child as for Halloween?
(a) A lumberjack.
(b) A husband.
(c) A professor.
(d) A policeman.

6. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she knows as soon as she kisses the boy?
(a) That he will kill her.
(b) That they will marry.
(c) That he will give her a daughter.
(d) That she will regret knowing him.

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 ankle.
(c) Around her wrist.
(d) Around her ring finger.

8. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" do to keep her son from trying to touch the ribbon?
(a) Distract him by jingling keys.
(b) Slap his hand away.
(c) Shake a can of pennies.
(d) Let him hold it, warily.

9. 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.

10. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the boy she meets in the beginning of the story?
(a) High-maintenance.
(b) Fine.
(c) Craggy.
(d) Aloof.

11. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she does for her boyfriend, which is not normal?
(a) Asks him to make love before marriage.
(b) Teaches him about sex.
(c) Asks him about his worst secrets.
(d) Meets all his needs in sex.

12. How long does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" labor for, with her child?
(a) 2 hours.
(b) Two days.
(c) 20 hours.
(d) 10 hours.

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

14. How does Benson keep the girls-with-bells-for-eyes from her apartment?
(a) By casting a spell.
(b) By performing an exorcism.
(c) By playing loud music to cover their bells.
(d) By lining the entrances with salt.

15. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the third mistake a woman can make?
(a) Being seen.
(b) Being right.
(c) Being a stranger.
(d) Being wanted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories have?

2. How frequently does Benson buy groceries?

3. When the narrator’s husband asks if the ribbon is secret, what does she tell him?

4. What does Benson typically do with her groceries?

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?

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