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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What lesson does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" learn after she gives birth?
2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the third mistake a woman can make?
3. How do Stabler and Benson record their successes?
4. What noise does Stabler hear, repeatedly, in "Especially Heinous"?
5. What metaphor does Father Jones use to compare the girl who fell off the roof?
Short Essay Questions
1. What is the importance of the act of making lists, in "Inventory"?
2. How is Stabler’s life unlike the girls with bells with eyes?
3. How does the quality of love change over the course of "Inventory"?
4. What special gift does Stabler possess, which travels from person to person like a virus?
5. Is the ending or "Inventory" a triumph or a defeat?
6. What are the advantages and disadvantages of the sexual frankness in Her Body and Other Parties?
7. How would you describe the relationship between the narrator and Bad in "Mothers"?
8. What is the significance of the narrator’s green ribbon, in "The Husband Stitch"?
9. Throughout the story, the narrator provides instructions to the reader, about how to read the story aloud. What effect does this have?
10. What is Machado’s style like?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What is missing from this book? What should have been covered or presented that was not? What is the effect of this absence? Describe an element that ought to have been covered, and explain why it would have made the book stronger.
Essay Topic 2
Evaluate your own reading of Her Body and Other Parties—did you resist it, or were you compelled by the story? What does your reading tell you about yourself and your interests? Use specific examples from the book to describe yourself as a reader.
Essay Topic 3
Write a character sketch of the author based on her style and content. What values does she hold dear? What are her hopes and fears? What kind of person do you think she is? Anchor your sketch in passages in the book.
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