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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?
(a) It overcame their protective measures.
(b) She got careless.
(c) It was inevitable.
(d) She invited it in.

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

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her consciousness before she started to remember things?
(a) All contact and bliss.
(b) All sound and serenity.
(c) All color and horror.
(d) All good tastes and plenty.

4. What was Father Jones feeding the girl on the rooftop before she fell off?
(a) Brownies.
(b) Sandwiches.
(c) Drugs.
(d) Orange slices.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How frequently does Benson buy groceries?

2. How does Benson keep the girls-with-bells-for-eyes from her apartment?

3. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?

4. Who does the DA dump Henson for?

5. How does the narrator of "Mothers" qualify her statement when she tells the baby she loves her?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the importance of the ‘hook-handed hitch-hiker’ in "The Husband Stitch"?

2. What is the significance of the narrator’s green ribbon, in "The Husband Stitch"?

3. What is the effect of having unnamed narrators?

4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the sexual frankness in Her Body and Other Parties?

5. What does "the husband stitch" refer to?

6. How is Stabler’s life unlike the girls with bells with eyes?

7. How would you describe the relationship between the narrator and Bad in "Mothers"?

8. What is the importance of the act of making lists, in "Inventory"?

9. Why do Stabler and Benson notch their furniture?

10. What special gift does Stabler possess, which travels from person to person like a virus?

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