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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 3, "Mothers" - Chapter 4, "Especially Heinous".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Uncle E?
(a) Evan the intern.
(b) Henson.
(c) Stabler.
(d) Abler.

2. Why does the narrator of "Mothers" say Bad left her?
(a) Because she didn’t have what Bad needed.
(b) Because she asked too much.
(c) Because Bad was broken.
(d) Because she was never around.

3. In the story of the old man and the old woman, in "The Husband Stitch," whose liver does the old woman eat?
(a) A corpse’s.
(b) Her own.
(c) A ghost’s.
(d) Her husband’s.

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she feels like doing when she hears her husband asking the doctor for the ‘extra stitch’ after she gives birth?
(a) Laughing.
(b) Crying.
(c) Sleeping.
(d) Vomiting.

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe her lovemaking with her boyfriend?
(a) Making love.
(b) Screwing.
(c) Soul-dancing.
(d) Rutting.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where did the narrator of "Mothers" meet Bad?

3. Who was the narrator’s first sexual experience with, in "Inventory"?

4. What can the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" not tell the reader, about the opening where her head was attached to her body?

5. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she told a story about at the supermarket, when she was young?

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