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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 5, "Real Women Have Bodies" - Chapter 6 "Eight Bites".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How frequently does the narrator’s boyfriend come over to her house, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Two or three times a week.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Every other month.
(d) Once or twice a month.

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" do to keep her son from trying to touch the ribbon?
(a) Slap his hand away.
(b) Shake a can of pennies.
(c) Distract him by jingling keys.
(d) Let him hold it, warily.

3. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) It frightens them.
(b) It makes them more chaste and religious.
(c) It gives them more perversities to play out.
(d) It makes them cautious and delicate.

4. How does Gizzy try to keep the narrator working at Glam?
(a) She offers to purge the incorporeal girls.
(b) She offers to employ the incorporeal girls.
(c) She offers her a promotion.
(d) She offers her a raise.

5. What kinds of crimes do Stabler and Benson investigate in "Especially Heinous"?
(a) Extortion, bribery, corruption.
(b) Human trafficking, prostitution.
(c) Murders, rapes, missing girls.
(d) Treason, espionage, spying.

Short Answer Questions

1. When does the narrator of "Eight Bites" imagine she will reconcile herself with her extra self?

2. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the first mistake a woman can make?

3. What metaphor does Father Jones use to compare the girl who fell off the roof?

4. What part of the baby is the narrator of "Mothers" most afraid of?

5. What color is the narrator’s ribbon in "The Husband Stitch"?

(see the answer key)

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