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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, "Difficult at Parties".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When the narrator’s husband asks if the ribbon is secret, what does she tell him?
(a) She says that it is not hers to give him.
(b) She says that it is not secret, it is just hers.
(c) She says that he can untie it in time.
(d) She says that it is a secret.

2. Who is abducted by a demon?
(a) Stabler.
(b) Benson.
(c) Evan the intern.
(d) Stabler’s wife.

3. What does the narrator of "The Resident" do to treat the raised bumps that appear on her body?
(a) Bandage them tightly.
(b) Pierce them with a needle.
(c) Ignore them.
(d) Apply lotion to them.

4. What characteristic does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories have?
(a) They run apart from each other like magnets pushing each other away.
(b) They run together like raindrops in a pond.
(c) They absorb each other’s strengths like fire.
(d) They drain each other like rivers taking water out of the hills.

5. Who is Tristan, who appears in the final scene of "Mothers"?
(a) The narrator’s new lover.
(b) Mara’s brother.
(c) Mara’s boyfriend.
(d) Bad’s new lover.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Dr. U do when one of her dogs poops in the hall?

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

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

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