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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. Why does the narrator of "The Resident"get pulled over on her way to Devil’s Throat?
(a) Speeding.
(b) Driving under the influence.
(c) Weaving in traffic.
(d) Broken taillight.

2. What is the husband’s response when he unties the ribbon at the end of "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) He groans and says no.
(b) He is vengefully satisfied.
(c) He is delighted like a child.
(d) He is horrified and instantaneously repentant.

3. How does the narrator of "Mothers" describe Bad’s baby’s eyes?
(a) Like flashing migraine aura.
(b) Like Japanese beetles.
(c) Like deer eyes.
(d) Like police sirens.

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

5. What was Devil’s Throat called before it was Devil’s Throat, in "The Resident"?
(a) Devil’s Staircase.
(b) Angel’s Eye.
(c) Angel’s Mouth.
(d) Child’s Mouth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the girl in the Brownie song look for?

2. What effect does the photo shoot and the subsequent flight have on the narrator of "The Resident"?

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" dress her child as for Halloween?

4. What does the narrator of "The Resident" find on her steps one morning?

5. What does the narrator of "Difficult at Parties" see when she watched the VHS tape of her and Paul’s lovemaking?

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