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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, "The Husband Stitch" - Chapter 2, "Inventory".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What lesson does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" learn after she gives birth?
(a) That she can satisfy her husband and nurse her son at the same time.
(b) That she can satisfy her husband without being satisfied herself.
(c) That she cannot be satisfied unless her son feels satisfied.
(d) That she cannot satisfy her husband unless she is satisfy herself.

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the first mistake a woman can make?
(a) Scoffing.
(b) Having a vision.
(c) Boasting.
(d) Selfishness.

3. What does the daughter find, when she gets back to the hotel, in the story of the daughter in Paris?
(a) Her mother is better.
(b) Her mother is gone.
(c) Her mother is dead.
(d) Her mother has all the help she needed.

4. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?
(a) As if he were considering murdering her.
(b) As if he were solving a math problem.
(c) As if he were touching her sex.
(d) As if he were drawing inspiration from it.

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she does for her boyfriend, which is not normal?
(a) Asks him about his worst secrets.
(b) Asks him to make love before marriage.
(c) Teaches him about sex.
(d) Meets all his needs in sex.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the daughter go out to get, in the story the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" tells, of the daughter in Paris?

2. Where does the virus start, in "Inventory"?

3. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels when the boy "breaks" her?

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

5. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?

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