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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 does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say she told a story about at the supermarket, when she was young?
(a) Nails in the seafood.
(b) Toes in the potatoes.
(c) Eyes in the grapes.
(d) Fingers in the chicken.

2. How frequently does the narrator’s boyfriend come over to her house, in "The Husband Stitch"?
(a) Every other month.
(b) Once a week.
(c) Once or twice a month.
(d) Two or three times a week.

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

4. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say stories can do to happiness?
(a) Preventing it happening.
(b) Awarding it to the right person.
(c) Manufacturing it out of nothing.
(d) Snuff it out.

5. How does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" describe herself, in the "dramatis personae" section?
(a) Forgettable.
(b) Memorable.
(c) Forgetful.
(d) Passionate.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" give the reader instructions for?

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. At what age does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say her memory started?

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

5. What does pregnancy do to the narrator and her husband’s desire for each other, in "The Husband Stitch"?

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