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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 7, "The Resident".

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on her steps one morning?
(a) Half a rabbit.
(b) A robin’s egg.
(c) A hawk’s beak.
(d) A dove’s wing.

3. What does the narrator of "The Resident" plan to do after this residency?
(a) Stand on her own.
(b) Support other artists.
(c) Repay the people who supported her.
(d) Get out of town and never go back.

4. 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) Her friends’ false voices when they compliment her.
(c) Slipping sideways to get through tight spaces.
(d) Her knees aching from her weight.

5. What does the narrator compare the girls-with-bells-for-eyes to?
(a) Diego Rivera’s peasants.
(b) Picasso’s portraits of women.
(c) Diane Arbus portraits.
(d) Dali’s melted clocks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does the narrator tell Dr. U to read, in "Eight Bites"?

2. Who is Tristan, who appears in the final scene of "Mothers"?

3. What role does Lydia attribute to the narrator of "The Resident"?

4. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say her wife mocks her for?

5. When the narrator of "Mothers" takes the baby from Bad, what does she fail to hear?

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