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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1, "The Husband Stitch" - Chapter 2, "Inventory".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What color is the narrator’s ribbon in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Green.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Yellow.

2. 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 a secret.
(c) She says that it is not secret, it is just hers.
(d) She says that he can untie it in time.

3. What is the narrator inventorying in "Inventory"?
(a) Orgasms.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Houses.

4. How does the narrator of "Inventory" say that the virus ended up getting to her home?
(a) It was inevitable.
(b) She got careless.
(c) It overcame their protective measures.
(d) She invited it in.

5. In the story of the pioneer husband and wife, in "The Husband Stitch," what happens to the child?
(a) She dies.
(b) She becomes a wood nymph.
(c) She turns feral.
(d) She is rescued by gypsies.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the moral of the story about the girl who died when her wedding dress had been exposed to embalming fluid?

2. How long is it, after the doctor says that he might have to perform a Caesarean section delivery, that the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" gives birth?

3. In the story of the old man and the old woman, in "The Husband Stitch," whose liver does the old woman eat?

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

5. 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?

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