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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 madman hide his bomb?
(a) Under a park bench.
(b) In the subway turnstile.
(c) Under a bridge.
(d) Under a manhole cover.

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 corpse’s.
(b) A ghost’s.
(c) Her own.
(d) Her husband’s.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the term for Abler and Henson?

2. Where is the home the narrator dreams about, in ‘Mothers’?

3. What color is the narrator’s ribbon in "The Husband Stitch"?

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is Machado’s style like?

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

4. What is happening in the ending of "Mothers"?

5. What do we know about the virus that is killing people off in "Inventory"?

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

7. Is the ending or "Inventory" a triumph or a defeat?

8. What can the title of this book mean?

9. What is the noise Stabler and Benson hear throughout "Especial Heinous"?

10. What kind of relationship does the narrator have with the woman from the art class?

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