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

2. 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) Arriving home.
(d) Being abducted.

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?
(a) Building a set for the story.
(b) Singing the words to the story.
(c) Feeling her feelings in their own bodies.
(d) Reading the story out loud.

4. What metaphor does Father Jones use to compare the girl who fell off the roof?
(a) She hit the ground like a sack of groceries.
(b) She floated like an angel for a second before she plunged.
(c) She fell like a hawk.
(d) She rose like a balloon.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad?

2. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?

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?

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

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" dress her child as for Halloween?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the DA’s relationship with Benson?

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

3. What is the effect of the narrator remembering scenes of sexual intimacy within the context of the virus destroying civilization?

4. What is the dominant investigation taking place in ‘"Especial Heinous"?

5. How does the quality of love change over the course of "Inventory"?

6. What does Stabler do to complicate relations with his wife in "Especial Heinous"?

7. What are Abler and Henson’s relationship with Stabler and Benson?

8. How would you describe the atmosphere Machado creates in "Especial Heinous"?

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

10. What role do the interns play in Stabler and Benson’s drama?

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