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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. What characteristic does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories have?
(a) They run apart from each other like magnets pushing each other away.
(b) They run together like raindrops in a pond.
(c) They absorb each other’s strengths like fire.
(d) They drain each other like rivers taking water out of the hills.

2. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?
(a) She becomes a wood nymph.
(b) She turns feral.
(c) She dies.
(d) She is rescued by gypsies.

3. 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.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the second mistake a woman can make?
(a) Passion.
(b) Indifference.
(c) Pride.
(d) Coldness.

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the first mistake a woman can make?
(a) Scoffing.
(b) Having a vision.
(c) Selfishness.
(d) Boasting.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the third mistake a woman can make?

2. How are Abler and Henson different from Stabler and Benson?

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

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Throughout the story, the narrator provides instructions to the reader, about how to read the story aloud. What effect does this have?

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

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

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

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

6. How does Benson learn to protect herself from the girls with bells for eyes?

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

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

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

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

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