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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. When the narrator of "Mothers" takes the baby from Bad, what does she fail to hear?
2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her lovemaking with her boyfriend?
3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe the story of the daughter in Paris?
4. What TV show is "Especially Heinous" a play on?
5. Where do the narrator and her husband go after their wedding, in "The Husband Stitch"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What was Father Jones’ relationship with the girl who fell from the rooftop?
2. What do we know about the virus that is killing people off in "Inventory"?
3. Throughout the story, the narrator provides instructions to the reader, about how to read the story aloud. What effect does this have?
4. What is the noise Stabler and Benson hear throughout "Especial Heinous"?
5. What is the importance of the ‘hook-handed hitch-hiker’ in "The Husband Stitch"?
6. Why do Stabler and Benson notch their furniture?
7. How is Stabler’s life unlike the girls with bells with eyes?
8. How would you describe the relationship between the narrator and Bad in "Mothers"?
9. How would you describe the atmosphere Machado creates in "Especial Heinous"?
10. What does Stabler do to complicate relations with his wife in "Especial Heinous"?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
What is the meaning of the title of this book, and how is that meaning developed throughout the unfolding of the various stories? Which stories resonate best with the title? Which resonate less? Why?
Essay Topic 3
Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?
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