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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Tristan, who appears in the final scene of "Mothers"?
(a) The narrator’s new lover.
(b) Bad’s new lover.
(c) Mara’s boyfriend.
(d) Mara’s brother.

2. What kinds of crimes do Stabler and Benson investigate in "Especially Heinous"?
(a) Murders, rapes, missing girls.
(b) Extortion, bribery, corruption.
(c) Human trafficking, prostitution.
(d) Treason, espionage, spying.

3. How long is it, after the doctor says that he might have to perform a Caesarean section delivery, that the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" gives birth?
(a) 20 minutes.
(b) Ten hours.
(c) Six hours.
(d) Two hours.

4. How do Stabler and Benson record their successes?
(a) By going for drinks.
(b) By notching their pistol grips.
(c) By donating to a charity.
(d) By nothing their furniture.

5. When the narrator of "Mothers" and Bad are in Georgia, what does Bad say about the ocean?
(a) That it is a mother.
(b) That it is a grandmother.
(c) That it is a baby.
(d) That it is a lesbian.

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

7. What does the narrator of "Mothers" dream love might be able to do?
(a) Save her soul.
(b) Outdo nature.
(c) Heal Bad’s wounds.
(d) Redeem the world.

8. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad’s baby’s eyes?
(a) Like flashing migraine aura.
(b) Like Japanese beetles.
(c) Like police sirens.
(d) Like deer eyes.

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

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

11. What color is the narrator’s ribbon in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

12. How does the narrator of "Mothers" qualify her statement when she tells the baby she loves her?
(a) She says that it is something she wants to be true.
(b) She says that it is a lie.
(c) She says that it as true as she can make it.
(d) She says that she will make it true.

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

14. Who is Uncle E?
(a) Henson.
(b) Evan the intern.
(c) Abler.
(d) Stabler.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when Benson grabs the girl-with-bells-for-eyes’ bells?

2. What is the husband’s response when he unties the ribbon at the end of "The Husband Stitch"?

3. What TV show is "Especially Heinous" a play on?

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

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels like doing when she hears her husband asking the doctor for the ‘extra stitch’ after she gives birth?

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