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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Where does the girl with bells for eyes tell Benson to go?
(a) The Bronx.
(b) New Jersey.
(c) Brooklyn.
(d) California.

3. What does the daughter find, when she gets back to the hotel, in the story of the daughter in Paris?
(a) Her mother has all the help she needed.
(b) Her mother is dead.
(c) Her mother is gone.
(d) Her mother is better.

4. For how long has the narrator’s head been fuzzy, at the beginning of "Mothers"?
(a) Hours.
(b) Weeks.
(c) Months.
(d) Days.

5. What does Benson typically do with her groceries?
(a) Gives them away.
(b) Donates them to charity.
(c) Throws them away.
(d) Eats them down to the last carrot.

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

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

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) Being poor will kill you.
(d) Sacred things should not be touched.

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

10. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the second mistake a woman can make?
(a) Passion.
(b) Coldness.
(c) Pride.
(d) Indifference.

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

12. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?
(a) Houses.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Lovers.
(d) Orgasms.

13. What does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?
(a) Diane Arbus portraits.
(b) Dali’s melted clocks.
(c) Diego Rivera’s peasants.
(d) Picasso’s portraits of women.

14. 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) A corpse’s.
(c) Her husband’s.
(d) Her own.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator say Benson’s fridge resembles after her grocery trip?

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

3. Who is abducted by a demon?

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?

5. How frequently does Benson buy groceries?

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