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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" treat her extra self when she catches it in the basement?
(a) She feeds it.
(b) She beats it.
(c) She soothes it.
(d) She chases it out.

2. How does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her body felt after pregnancy?
(a) Like a disaster zone.
(b) Like a trashed hotel room.
(c) Like a construction site.
(d) Like a hurricane.

3. How many women are in the entryway when the narrator of "The Resident" arrives?
(a) Six.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" think about herself when she considers her last meal?
(a) You are going to be reborn.
(b) You are horrible.
(c) You deserve better.
(d) You are dying.

5. How does Natalie hang the dresses at Glam, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) Reverently.
(b) Haphazardly.
(c) Roughly.
(d) Indifferently.

6. What role does Lydia attribute to the narrator of "The Resident"?
(a) Miserable step-sister.
(b) Beautiful martyr.
(c) Madwoman in the attic.
(d) Mother hen.

7. What question is the narrator of "The Resident" trying to figure out in relation to her novel?
(a) How to create a believable back story for the main character’s predicament.
(b) How to extricate the main character from her troubles.
(c) How to make the main character’s troubles believable.
(d) How to maximize the main character’s suffering.

8. Who does the narrator of "Eight Bites" say her daughter lives with in Portland?
(a) Her boyfriend.
(b) Her husband.
(c) Her friends.
(d) A roommate who is not her roommate.

9. What does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" do once she realizes that she is going incorporeal as well as Petra?
(a) Frees the incorporeal girls from the dresses at Glam.
(b) Plots an act of terrorism.
(c) Stitches herself to Petra.
(d) Gets Petra’s mother to sew her into a dress.

10. What kind of illness does the narrator of "The Resident" come down with?
(a) Cold.
(b) Shingles.
(c) Fever.
(d) Dysentery.

11. How does Petra test the incorporeality of her hands, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) By slicing it with a knife.
(b) By putting it in a fire.
(c) By stabbing herself with a dart.
(d) By cutting it with a broken glass.

12. What does the narrator of "Eight Bites" get tired of, that leads her to have the procedure?
(a) Being tired after walking any distances.
(b) Slipping sideways to get through tight spaces.
(c) Her knees aching from her weight.
(d) Her friends’ false voices when they compliment her.

13. What does the narrator’s mother say leads to a slender waist, in "Eight Bites"?
(a) An iron will.
(b) Little forks.
(c) A tiny plate.
(d) A closed mouth.

14. How does the narrator characterize Petra’s mother, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?
(a) Like a tuft of cotton candy.
(b) Like a melting ice cream cone.
(c) Like a wisp of steam from hot coffee.
(d) Like a lump of butter.

15. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on the third day of her walks around the lake?
(a) A rowboat.
(b) A canoe.
(c) A hat.
(d) A dock.

Short Answer Questions

1. What business does Petra’s mother run, in "Real Women Have Bodies"?

2. What does the narrator get in her mouth when Petra kisses her?

3. How does the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" describe Petra in her first interactions with her?

4. Which woman’s name can the narrator not remember, in "The Resident"?

5. How many months would it take the narrator of "Real Women Have Bodies" to make enough to by the most expensive dress?

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