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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) Eyes in the grapes.
(b) Fingers in the chicken.
(c) Nails in the seafood.
(d) Toes in the potatoes.

2. When the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" takes an art course, she meets another woman with a ribbon—where is it?
(a) Around her ankle.
(b) Around her ring finger.
(c) Around her wrist.
(d) Around her forehead.

3. What does the narrator of "The Husband Stitch" say is the third mistake a woman can make?
(a) Being a stranger.
(b) Being right.
(c) Being wanted.
(d) Being seen.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What is the narrator’s husband’s response, to her answer about whether the ribbon is secret?

4. What is the husband’s response when he unties the ribbon at the end of "The Husband Stitch"?

5. Where does the narrator of "Inventory" go in the end?

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