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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was the narrator’s first sexual experience with, in "Inventory"?
(a) A boy.
(b) One boy, one girl.
(c) A girl.
(d) Two boys, one girl.

2. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?
(a) He threatens to hold her and untie it by force.
(b) He falls asleep angry.
(c) He forgives her and withdraws.
(d) He makes her pay for keeping it to herself.

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?
(a) Lost at sea.
(b) Lost in a forest.
(c) Being abducted.
(d) Arriving home.

10. What does the narrator say Benson’s fridge resembles after her grocery trip?
(a) A plastic desert.
(b) The rain forest.
(c) A lush market.
(d) The Garden of Eden.

11. 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 a crime means committing another crime.
(c) Solving it was murder.
(d) Solving it was worse than the crime itself.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. What is the term for Abler and Henson?

3. 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?

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she knows as soon as she kisses the boy?

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she does for her boyfriend, which is not normal?

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