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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. What is Paul trying to convince the narrator of "Difficult at Parties" to do?
(a) Write about her experience.
(b) Identify a suspect.
(c) Move to another place.
(d) File a report with the police.

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

3. How old is the narrator at the beginning of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) 21.
(b) 42.
(c) 17.
(d) 12.

4. How does the narrator of "The Resident" imagine her drive into the mountains?
(a) As the beginning of a novel.
(b) As the end of a film about her marriage.
(c) As the prelude to a horror film.
(d) As the start of a TV show.

5. What does the narrator of "The Resident" say her wife mocks her for?
(a) Her indecision about things.
(b) Her single-minded determination.
(c) Her strong reactions to things.
(d) Her impatience.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the daughter find, when she gets back to the hotel, in the story of the daughter in Paris?

2. What is Petra’s mother sewing into the dresses she makes?

3. Where does the madman hide his bomb?

4. What was Father Jones feeding the girl on the rooftop before she fell off?

5. What does Stabler discover his wife had seen in her twenties?

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