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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. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad’s baby’s eyes?

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the boy she meets in the beginning of the story?

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

4. How do Stabler and Benson record their successes?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Benson’s relationship with produce?

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

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

4. What kind of atmosphere does Machado create with her epigrams?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

In what ways is Her Body and Other Parties relevant to contemporary readers? What contemporary issues are in play in the book, and how would the book contribute to contemporary discussion? Cite specific discussions from contemporary sources, and cite specific instances from the book, that describe its contemporary relevance.

Essay Topic 2

What lessons does Her Body and Other Parties have to teach women? What lessons does it have to teach men? What would a book titled ‘His Body and Other Parties’ be like?

Essay Topic 3

Write an evaluative review of Her Body and Other Parties. What is this book’s place in culture? What are its uses? What are its limitations?

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