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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) Every other month.
(b) Once or twice a month.
(c) Once a week.
(d) Two or three times a week.

2. How old is Petra when her incorporeality begins?
(a) 19.
(b) 17.
(c) 29.
(d) 22.

3. For how long has the narrator’s head been fuzzy, at the beginning of "Mothers"?
(a) Days.
(b) Months.
(c) Hours.
(d) Weeks.

4. What happens when Benson grabs the girl-with-bells-for-eyes’ bells?
(a) The apartment is filled with murdered girls’ voices.
(b) Every light bulb in her apartment bursts.
(c) The doors to her apartment burst open.
(d) The girl flies out the window.

5. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?
(a) He threatens to hold her and untie it by force.
(b) He makes her pay for keeping it to herself.
(c) He forgives her and withdraws.
(d) He falls asleep angry.

Short Answer Questions

1. What characteristic does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories have?

2. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her husband caresses her ribbon?

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

4. How long does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" labor for, with her child?

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her lovemaking with her boyfriend?

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