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

2. 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.

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

4. Who does the DA dump Henson for?
(a) Stabler’s wife.
(b) Stabler.
(c) Benson.
(d) Lucy the intern.

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

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

7. How frequently does the narrator’s boyfriend come over to her house, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Once a week.
(b) Once or twice a month.
(c) Two or three times a week.
(d) Every other month.

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

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

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

11. When the narrator’s husband asks if the ribbon is secret, what does she tell him?
(a) She says that it is a secret.
(b) She says that it is not hers to give him.
(c) She says that it is not secret, it is just hers.
(d) She says that he can untie it in time.

12. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?
(a) Snuff it out.
(b) Manufacturing it out of nothing.
(c) Awarding it to the right person.
(d) Preventing it happening.

13. 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 or not it is fatal.
(b) Whether her head is still hers.
(c) Whether it is bloody or smooth.
(d) Whether it is repairable.

14. How does Benson protect herself against this ghost?
(a) She hires a medium.
(b) She performs an exorcism.
(c) She sleeps with a crucifix.
(d) She burns sage.

15. 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?
(a) Vomiting.
(b) Sleeping.
(c) Crying.
(d) Laughing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kinds of crimes do Stabler and Benson investigate in "Especially Heinous"?

2. Who does Benson catch by Googling her OKCupid date?

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

4. What is the term for the episode that ends "Mothers"?

5. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "The Husband Stitch"?

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