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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 does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?

2. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad?

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

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?

5. Who does the DA dump Henson for?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the effect of having unnamed narrators?

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

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

6. How is Stabler’s life unlike the girls with bells with eyes?

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

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

9. What is the DA’s relationship with Benson?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where is the climax of this book? Are there different climaxes? What questions does each climax resolve? What questions does each climax leave unanswered?

Essay Topic 2

Is Machado’s book a guide for how to live? Or a cautionary tale about what happens if you try to live fully?

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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