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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What power does Stabler acquire from Father Jones?
(a) The power of foresight.
(b) The power of forgetfulness.
(c) The power of seeing through things.
(d) The power of mind-reading.

3. What does Stabler discover his wife had seen in her twenties?
(a) A hook-handed hitch-hiker.
(b) A sasquatch.
(c) A UFO.
(d) A river monster.

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

5. What TV show is "Especially Heinous" a play on?
(a) That 70s Show.
(b) Law and Order.
(c) The Big Bang Theory.
(d) Bones.

6. In the story of the old man and the old woman, in "The Husband Stitch," whose liver does the old woman eat?
(a) A ghost’s.
(b) Her own.
(c) Her husband’s.
(d) A corpse’s.

7. At what age does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her memory started?
(a) 16.
(b) 9.
(c) 11.
(d) 4.

8. How frequently does Benson buy groceries?
(a) Twice a month.
(b) Once a month.
(c) Weekly.
(d) Twice a week.

9. Where did the narrator of "Mothers" meet Bad?
(a) At a wedding.
(b) At work.
(c) At the ocean.
(d) At a conference.

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

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

12. What happens when Benson tries to push the girls with bells with eyes away from her?
(a) They hit the wall hard.
(b) They move too quickly to be pushed.
(c) They enter into her body.
(d) Her hands go right through them.

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

14. What can the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" not tell the reader, about the opening where her head was attached to her body?
(a) Whether it is bloody or smooth.
(b) Whether her head is still hers.
(c) Whether or not it is fatal.
(d) Whether it is repairable.

15. What does Benson hear the girls-with-bells-for-eyes saying?
(a) Give us voices.
(b) Take us home.
(c) Murder our murderers.
(d) Let us rest.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the narrator’s first sexual experience with, in "Inventory"?

2. What color is the narrator’s ribbon in "The Husband Stitch"?

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the story of the daughter in Paris?

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

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

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