Everything Stuck to Him Quiz

Why does the young woman ask the narrator for stories about her childhood in “Everything Stuck to Him”?

• She wants to learn more about her parents.

• She is unsure about where she grew up.

• She is writing a book about her youth.

• She likes to hear the narrator talk.

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In “Everything Stuck to Him,” why are the boy and girl awake most of the night before the boy's hunting trip?

• The girl is ill.

• They have to work.

• Their baby is crying.

• Their neighbors are noisy.

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In “Everything Stuck to Him,” what does the boy's interaction with his baby daughter reveal most clearly about his personality?

• He is nervous.

• He cares about the baby.

• He is distant from his wife.

• He dislikes helping with the baby.

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When the narrator in “Everything Stuck to Him” describes the young woman as a “survivor from top to bottom,” what does he mean?

• She is a tall woman.

• She has survived a car accident.

• She handles adversity successfully.

• She will live longer than the narrator.

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Which statement expresses the best conclusion to be drawn about the couple whose story is told in “Everything Stuck to Him”?

• They live overseas in Milan, Italy.

• They are fairly young to have just had a child.

• They are the daughter and son-in-law of a successful dentist.

• They have both grown quite confident in their child-raising skills.

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Which of these excerpts from “Everything Stuck to Him” best supports the answer to Part A?

• She's in Milan for Christmas and wants to know what it was like when she was a kid.

• They were kids themselves, but they were crazy in love, this eighteen-year-old boy and this seventeen-year-old girl when they married. Not all that long afterwards they had a daughter.

• Each night they cleaned the dentist's place upstairs in exchange for rent and utilities. In summer they were expected to maintain the lawn and the flowers. In winter the boy shoveled snow and spread rock salt on the walks.

• Let's say the baby was about three months old and had only just begun to sleep through the night.

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In "Everything Stuck to Him," how did the husband most clearly feel about the incident with the plate of waffles and bacon?

• He found the incident surprisingly romantic.

• He found the incident rather humorous.

• He found the incident quite painful.

• He found the incident infuriating.

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Which of these passages from "Everything Stuck to Him" best supports the answer to Part A?

• She took the bacon out of the pan and made waffle batter. He sat at the table and watched her move around the kitchen.

• She put a plate in front of him with bacon, a waffle. He spread butter and poured syrup.

• The boy looked down at himself, at everything stuck to his underwear. I was starved, he said, shaking his head.

• But he stays by the window, remembering. They had laughed. They had leaned on each other and laughed until the tears had come....

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To what is the narrator most likely referring when he speaks in this excerpt from "Everything Stuck to Him"? Things change, he says. I don't know how they do. But they do without realizing it or wanting them to.

• his relationship with his wife

• his job with the dentist

• the weather outside

• his age

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What is the relationship between the introductory story and the internal story in “Everything Stuck to Him”?

• The introductory story is about a young woman who visits her father and asks him to tell her about her childhood; the internal story is a story he tells about a family with a similar past.

• The introductory story is about a young woman who visits her father and asks him to tell her about her childhood; the internal story is the story he tells about when she was a baby.

• The introductory story is about a married couple with a new baby; the internal story is the discussion between the narrator and his visiting daughter.

• The introductory story is about a married couple with a new baby; the internal story is the commentary the narrator offers about their situation.

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